A SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF CHANDALI FROM A HEVAJRA LOTUS MANDALANORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16722
15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.) high注脚Holding a chakra in her raised right hand and a plough in her left, this spritely figure represents Chandali, one of the eight retinue goddesses of Hevajra. Here, she dances on the inside of a lotus petal that would have formed part of a Hevajra lotus mandala, a complex metal sculpture symbolizing the celestial abode of Hevajra. Although a retinue figure, she is finely modelled and delicately inlaid with silver, speaking to the remarkable quality of the lotus mandala she came from. For related examples of Pala-period Hevajra mandalas, see The Rubin Museum of Art, Collection Highlights, New York, 2014, pp.224-5; Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, Los Angeles, 1977, no.57; and Christie's, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 382.


銅錯銀簪達里佛母像
出自喜金剛蓮花壇城
印度東北部，帕拉時期，十一或十二世紀
喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16722號
高15.9釐米（6 1/4英吋）

80,000-120,000港幣

簪達里佛母右手高舉法輪，左手持鋤頭，為喜金剛的八位空行母之一。佛母在蓮花瓣內翩然起舞，該蓮瓣應出自一構造精妙的喜金剛蓮花壇城，象徵喜金剛所居之神界。儘管此蓮瓣僅為一局部構建，但其鑄工精美，細部處理細膩，更以嵌銀點綴，可見該蓮花壇城必出自大師之手。相似之帕拉時期喜金剛壇城可參考魯賓藝術博物館《Collection Highlights》，紐約，2014年，頁224-5；Pal，《The Sensuous Immortals》，洛杉磯，1977年，編號57；以及佳士得，紐約，2011年3月22日，拍品382。