California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Jan. 20, 2024  Jan. 20, 2024

 Lot # 1028 
AN IMPERIAL PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SAMANTABHADRA    清乾隆 六品佛樓銅泥金普賢菩薩像


  • Dimension: Height: 4 7/8 in (12.5 cm) Width: 3 5/8 in (9.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $8000
  • Estimate To: $12000

Shown seated in lalitasana on a lotus stand, the bodhisattva holding a vajra in the raised right hand and the left hand holding the end of a leafy lotus stem that rises to the shoulder, wearing beaded jewelry and a five-point foliate crown, the face cast with crisp features, the reign mark and name inscribed on the front of the base, the reverse inscribed with three characters, the base plate inscribed with a double vajra. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.


Provenance: Property from a private collection, Dallas, Texas
來源: 德州達拉斯私人藏家提供 此為出自六品佛樓的銅造像。 蓮座上沿鑄“大清乾隆年敬造”款,下沿刻“普賢菩薩”,後刻“般若品”,說明此像屬於六品佛樓第一品間。 六品佛樓是從乾隆二十二年至四十七年間(1758-1783年,清宮先後修建和裝修的一處獨特的佛堂,分別在承德避暑山莊和外八廟、圓明園和紫禁城內 ,達8處之多。 每層樓上供小佛佛像,下層供佛殿和唐卡。 每座六品佛樓共七間,除中間一間上下供佛與宗喀巴大師像外,其餘六間分別代表般若品、無上陽體根本品、無上陰體根本品、瑜伽根本品 、德行根本品、功行根本品,以契合藏傳佛教黃教所主張的顯密兼修、依次而行,由淺入深的思想。 通常六品佛樓上每間供小型黃銅造像122尊,六間共供732尊,而且每尊前有尊名,後有品間,是研究藏傳佛教尊神圖像最重要的資料之一。