A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHASRI LANKA, LATE ANURADHAPURA PERIOD, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
With traces of gilding.
11 cm (4 1/4 in.) high注脚Sri Lanka boasts the world's longest continuous tradition of Buddhism. The island's Buddha images of the Late Anuradhapura Period (432-1017 CE) are lauded for their profound quiet. The present example is no different, showing Buddha meditating with empyrean composure. Above his head, a large flame emits from his enlightened consciousness.
 
A number of stylistic features here affirm a 9th/10th-century dating, including the figure's solid casting, its slender waist, and its pleasant, rounded face. A closely related example is published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, 1990, p.205, no.54D. Others were sold at Sotheby's, New York, 24 March 2004, lot 40; 22 March 2018, lot 1018; and Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 867.

Provenance
Collection of Drs. Edmund and Julie Lewis, Chicago


佛陀銅像
斯里蘭卡，阿努拉德普勒時代晚期，九或十世紀
局部見鎏金痕跡。
高11釐米（4 1/4英吋）

80,000-120,000港幣

斯里蘭卡承載著世界上歷史最為悠久的佛教傳統，其阿努拉德普勒晚期（公元432-1017年）之佛陀造像以風格寧靜深邃著稱於世，此尊佛像亦不例外。佛陀深入禪觀，面容端莊祥和，頂部升起的「智焰」象徵正等正覺的佛光智慧。

佛像實心鑄造，腰部纖細，面龐豐圓，神態怡然，種種特徵皆可佐證其應為九或十世紀作品。相似一例可見馮·施羅德所著《Buddhist Sculptures in Sri Lanka》，香港，1990年，頁205，編號54D。另有二例可資比較，一曾售於蘇富比，紐約，2004年3月24日，拍品40；一曾售於邦瀚斯，紐約，2019年3月19日，拍品867。

來源
Edmund與Julie Lewis醫生珍藏，芝加哥