十二世紀 東印度帕拉銀及鎏金佛教造像

喜瑪拉雅藝術資源網編號13441

Very good overall condition. With polychromy and cold gold to face, neck and hair. With minor accretion throughout, oxidation to silver figures, and wear to gilding throughout. Some losses to original stone inlay. Baseplate sealed.
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本像精細入微，造型優雅，甚為罕見，彰顯中世紀東印度造像及金屬工藝之超卓。製於孟加拉黃金時代高峰，三佛以銀鑄成，刻劃細緻，面容泥金，昔日彩料依稀尚存，佈局精巧，誠帕拉造型典範。

參考拉薩布達拉宮紅宮藏十一世紀帕拉銅像，其年代略此為早，佛像以三岔式枝莖承托，底座呈台階式，與此相近，見於烏爾裡希．馮．施羅德，《西藏佛教雕塑》，香港，2001年，卷1，頁272-273，編號88C-D。另參考紅宮所藏十一至十二世紀帕拉銅像之冠飾，出處同上，頁270-271，編號87B。