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拍品專文
This image is representative of a group of Buddhist figures made in China during the first half of the fifteenth century that displays a style influenced by the art of Tibet. In the preceding century under the Yuan Dynasty, the authority of Mongol rulers had become closely associated with Tibetan Buddhist or Lamaist rituals. The tradition of Lamaist art continued into the Ming period and prevailed in works of art such as the present example. Missions to Tibet were sent during the early part of the Ming dynasty and sought to maintain good relations with the Tibetan lamas, and images such as the present lot appear to have been made as gifts that were exchanged on such visits.
Compare with similar figures, the first from the Berti Aschmann collection, included in the Museum Rietberg exhibition, On the Path to Enlightenment, illustrated in the Catalogue, fig. 68; another figure in the Chang Foundation, is illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taiwan, 1993, no. 30; and the figure in the Potala Palace collection, Lhasa, illustrated in Buddhist Sculpture in Tibet, vol. II, Visual Dharma, Hong Kong, 2001, pl. 359B.
Compare with similar figures, the first from the Berti Aschmann collection, included in the Museum Rietberg exhibition, On the Path to Enlightenment, illustrated in the Catalogue, fig. 68; another figure in the Chang Foundation, is illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taiwan, 1993, no. 30; and the figure in the Potala Palace collection, Lhasa, illustrated in Buddhist Sculpture in Tibet, vol. II, Visual Dharma, Hong Kong, 2001, pl. 359B.