California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 22, 2019  June 22, 2019

 Lot # 6867 
A COLD-GILDED BRONZE FIGURE OF BODHISATTVA    清乾隆 銅漆金六品佛樓莊嚴母像


  • Dimension: Height: 6 1/2 in (16.5 cm) Length: 5 1/4 in (13.3 cm) Width: 3 1/4 in (8.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $12000

Seated atop a lotus pedestal, both hands raised with left hand holding Shankha, with celestial ribbon across shoulders and arms, wearing a dhoti and adorned with fluttering scarf, jewelry, and a five-leafed crown fronting a tiered topknot surmounted by a flaming jewel, the flesh areas cold gilded, the reign mark reading Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zuo cast in relief in a cartouche on the front of the pedestal within a triple beaded border, the characters, Zhuangyanmu, engraved above the lower edge, the back of the lotus base engraved dexing genben, the base unsealed. Qing Dynasty period.


此尊為清宮造辦處制“六品佛樓”造像。 “六品”是根據修行者不同根基而設立的六個不同層次的修行內容,自淺至深分別是般若品、功行根本、德行根本、瑜伽根本、無上陽體根本、無上陰體根本。此件莊嚴母像結跏趺坐於單層覆式蓮座上,頭戴五葉冠,葫蘆形髮髻,耳後有束髮繒帶,寂靜相。袒露上身,肩披帛帶,下身著裙珮飾耳璫、臂釧、手鐲、腳鐲,左手托海螺。台座上有三週連珠,正前方鑄“大清乾隆年敬造”款,台座前鏨刻佛名“莊嚴母”,台座後鏨刻“德行根本”。銅質精良沉實,製作考究,造像鎏金經長年供奉已部分脫落,但不減其神聖莊嚴之感。