Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt-Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection
Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt-Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection
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October 12, 12:42 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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A gilt-bronze figure of Dvarapala
Tang dynasty
唐 鎏金銅力士立像
dynamically cast in the form of Dvarapala, a male gate or entrance guardian, his features muscular with an imposing, virile stature, both arms flexed, broad, and sturdy with a protruding left shoulder, the face with a powerful expression, eyes half-closed, the feet parted in a confident, protective stance, deep etchings to the upper body garment emulating the likes of body armor, the robe scrunched just below the knee to optimise the deity’s agility and range of motion
h. 7.6 cm
Beatrice Chan, 'Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston', Arts of Asia, January/February 2018, pp. 58-65.
Beatrice Chan,〈Reflection and Enlightenment: Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston〉,《Arts of Asia》,2018年1至2月,頁58-65