Two gilt-bronze stupas18th century
Each stupa solidly cast with a sealed square-section base with pairs of Buddhist lions flanking the three jewels of Buddhism on each side, the domes housing within niches the Buddha Akshobhya and a multi-headed and eight-armed Buddha, respectively, each surmounted by tapered parasols flanked by trailing garlands beneath a sun and moon finial. 21cm (8 1/4in) high (2).注脚十八世紀 銅鎏金佛舍利塔兩件

Himalayan Art Resources item no.16775 (left stupa)
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16776 (right stupa)
（圖左）喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16775號
（圖右）喜馬拉雅藝術資源網16776號

Provenance:
Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919), by repute
Alice Getty (d.1946), by repute
Courtenay Morgan, Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934), by repute
Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949), by repute
Professor and Mrs Bellerby, by repute
Mark Dineley (1901-1975)
Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by descent

Noted in the handwritten family 'A Catalogue of the Dineley Collection of Tibetiana and Associated Buddhistic Objects', early 1960s, p.7.

來源：
傳亨利·哈里遜·蓋蒂舊藏（1838-1919年）
傳愛麗絲·蓋蒂舊藏（卒於1946年）
傳卓德嘉子爵考特尼·摩根舊藏（1867-1934年）
傳特里迪格子爵二世艾文·摩根舊藏（1893-1949年）
傳貝勒比教授及夫人舊藏
馬克·戴尼利舊藏（1901-1975年）
彼得·戴尼利舊藏（1938-2018年），並由家族繼承

記載於戴尼利家族手稿《戴尼利家族的西藏州和相關的佛教物品收藏目錄》'A Catalogue of the Dineley Collection of Tibetiana and Associated Buddhistic Objects'，1960年代初，頁7。

Stupas were originally memorial monuments of hemispherical shapes built over the mortal remains of Buddha Shakyamuni and other important figures. They represent the past and the present and are symbolic of Nirvana. The unique architectural form of the present examples appear to be strongly influenced by Tibetan characteristics. The square Mount Sumeru base and the tapered steps are Tibetan in style, while the rounded domes appear Indian in origin. The upper portion consists of the the harmika structure, a conical spire of thirteen layers, symbolic of the thirteen stages of enlightenment.

Compare two very similar but slightly larger stupas, 18th century, illustrated by A.Neven, Lamaistic Art, Brussels, 1975, nos.135 and 136. Compare a very similar gilt-bronze stupa, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 182. See also another related gilt-bronze stupa, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1807.

佛塔起於蓮辦須彌座，束腰浮雕雙獅守護火焰，覆缽開光，繞飾瓔珞，裡面分別供奉阿閦佛及八臂觀音，供奉八臂觀音的覆缽之下起三級浮屠，阿閦佛之下則為一級，覆缽之上接十三天相輪，相輪之上覆華蓋，頭頂日月刹頂，通體鎏金，嵌雜寶。

舍利塔每部份皆有所寓意，塔瓶代表水，十三天代表火，華蓋代表風，刹頂代表空，金依水，水依風，風依空，空無所依，意即「四大皆空」。本對舍利塔深受西藏風格影響，四方須彌座為藏式風格，而覆缽塔瓶則可追溯到古印度。參考兩件相似但尺寸較大的佛舍利塔，著錄於《Lamaistic Art》，布魯塞爾，1975年，編號135及136。另有一例非常相似的十八世紀銅鎏金舍利塔，2019年5月16日售於倫敦邦瀚斯，拍品編號182；另可比較一件十八/十九世紀銅鎏金舍利塔，2007年11月27日售於香港佳士得，拍品編號1807。