California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Sept. 12, 2020  Sept. 12, 2020

 Lot # 8569 
A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED BODHISATTVA    明 銅自在觀音


  • Dimension: Height: 10 2/8 in (26.0 cm) Length: 5 2/8 in (13.3 cm) Width: 5 2/8 in (13.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $2500

Shown seated casually with right knee raised, chest adorned with necklace and face with serene expression, the back cast with apocryphal mark, all supported on stepped plinth.


自在觀音,又稱“觀自在”、“觀世自在”、“光世音”。梵語是“阿縛盧多伊伐羅”,意為觀照世間眾生痛苦中稱念觀音名號的悲苦之聲。在佛教諸大菩薩中,觀音菩薩更是以慈悲著稱,他的慈悲心願最偉大、突出,故也是世間崇奉的常見造像題材。此尊自在觀音呈遊戲坐,左手支地,右手自然搭於右膝,寬肩束腰,體態勻稱,造型優美,手腳刻劃寫實。面相豐滿圓潤,眉目細長,雙目微合,神態安詳。高髮髻,頭戴五葉寶冠,身袒露,束髮披肩,耳垂圓璫,雙辮垂肩,胸前飾有多個“U”形連珠式瓔珞,腰繫束帶,下身著長裙棲息於高台座之上,具有鮮明的明代漢地造像風格特徵。整體衣紋生動寫實,飄逸流暢,表現出高超的工藝水平。