California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Feburary 27, 2022  Feburary 27, 2022

 Lot # 3532 
A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF YAMANTAKA    清中期 銅鎏金大威德金剛站像


  • Dimension: Height: 7 1/2 in (19.0 cm) Length: 5 1/8 in (13.0 cm) Width: 2 3/8 in (6.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $15000
  • Estimate To: $22000

Cast in the form of the yidam and consort standing in alidhasana in ecstatic union, all atop trampled figures, birds and bovine animals supported on a lotus base with a beaded upper edge. Mid-Qing Dynasty period.


此尊為藏傳佛教格魯派主修的雙身怖畏金剛,密宗無上瑜伽部父續修習的重要本尊。此像為九頭三十四臂十六足,九頭分三層排列,表示大乘佛教的九部佛經。正面為牛頭閻王,暴怒中流露歡欣,代表征服死亡;其上為夜叉面,頂端為文殊相,表示怖畏金剛為文殊菩薩的化現。主二臂擁抱明妃金剛起屍母,餘手伸向兩邊,各執法器。明妃左手托嘎巴拉,右手高摯鉞刀,左腿勾在主尊腰間,呈單懸姿。主尊十六足,踩踏八明王、明妃及其像徵動物等,左展立於覆蓮台座上。來源: 重要紐約藏家收藏
Provenance: Important private collection, New York