The Xiling auction is in progress, and in today's auction special session, there are many that are of interest to The Fourth Grade. For example, the bonsai special session, the Buddha statue special session and the garden art stone carving special session, Xiao Si just introduced the purple sand pot special session. Here are a few of the exquisite Buddha statues in the Buddha Statue Gallery, the most notable of which is a 16th-century bronze-gilded turquoise statue of Katsuraku Vajrayogini.
Size: Height: 39cm
Estimate: RMB: 5,800,000-6,800,000
This is a statue of King Kong, sold in 1995 at spink & son in London, England, belonging to carlton Rochell's old collection. This two-body Shengle Vajrayogini is also known as Ruyi Chakra Katsura Vajra, the Sanskrit name cakrasamvara, and is called chos-'khor bde-mchog in Tibetan, which means "Ruyi Chakra Shengle". Tibetan esoteric or Vajrayana Buddhism is called continuation, Tibetan is called rgyud, Sanskrit tantra, there are four parts: the continuation of events, the continuation of the line, the continuation of yoga and the continuation of anuttarayoga, which is divided into the father's continuation and the mother's continuation, of which there are five great Buddha-figures (yi-dam), one of the Buddha-figures of the wisdom mother's continuation is the Shengle Vajrayogini, usually appearing as the mandala Buddha-figure, and there is a special classic "Shengle Fundamental Continuation" (Tibetan dpal 'khor lo sdom pa bsdus rgyud rtsa ba Sanskrit sa ?varodaya-tantra）。
Early Shengle Kongo statues appeared in the East Indies around the 11th century, most of them are single statues of Shengle Kongo, mostly black or gray shale deep reliefs, in the 11th century rubbing of Ali in Tibet can also see the single Statue of Shengle Kongo, around the 12th century appeared double-body Shengle Kongo, there are gold and bronze statues, more murals and thangkas, such as the main wall of Cave 465 in the north area of Mogao Grottoes, the murals of ningxia Shanzuigou Grottoes, the Hong pagoda in Helan County and the Ruyilun Shengle Kongo Thangka excavated from Heishui City. The 12th to 13th century gold and bronze Ruyi wheel Shengle Vajrayogini male figure has more than two arms, the statue is simple, the volume is small, the height is more than 40 centimeters, the jewel is simple, and there are silver or red copper inlays. The maturation of gold and bronze doubles, including Kayraku King Kong, was evident in the 15th and 17th centuries, especially in the 15th century when the rise of Dansati's jewelry setting and ornamentation style provided an opportunity for the representation of the jewelry-filled double figures, most of which are seen in the auction market today.
Judging from the meaning of the statue, the four sides of the Katsura Vajrayogini represent the four causes and merits of breath, increase, huai, and jie. The twelve arms represent the twelve truths, overcoming the bondage of the twelve dependent arising. Each mask has three eyes, symbolizing the past, present, and future three lifetimes, and not giving up all sentient beings. The Lord's arms embrace vajravārāhī, which represents the unity of convenience and wisdom, and is the highest truth and state of practice of Buddhism. The lord holds a vajra pestle and a vajra bell in his arms, and the rest of his arms hold the damaru drum, the four-sided Brahma head, and the silver kapala bowl. The head of The Great Brahma marks that he has avoided all illusions; the Gabala Bowl means that he has eliminated the contradiction between existence and non-existence. The three-leaf crown of the four-sided lord is inlaid with a skull, and the middle of the bun is inlaid with a cross vajra pestle, which has a flamed Mani treasure on it, and a crescent moon on the left side of the bun. Its left leg is bent and its right leg is straightened; its shoulders are covered with elephant skin and its wrists are wrapped in tiger skin. Princess Ming's legs were wrapped around the lord's waist, her right hand held aloft of the vajra pestle, and her left hand held a silver gabala bowl. Princess Ming's hair is decorated with red coral, and her skirt is inlaid with turquoise. The facial features of this double figure are realistic, the facial expressions are rich, and the posture is vivid. Turquoise is inlaid with turquoise on the crown, bracelet, armband, ankle ring and dress, garland of human head and skeleton garland hangs on the shoulder and lower body, and the Night Mother and the King of Fear are stepped on. Underneath the two figures is a zuckled lotus seat with beads on the upper and lower edges. The whole statue is balanced and stable in a strong momentum, giving people a moving momentum.
From the perspective of statue appreciation, compared with the 14th to 15th century gold and bronze statues, the 16th to 17th centuries Xiling Ruyi Wheel Shengle Vajra head was raised, which in turn made the vision of the statue more open, and the solemn and calm gaze of the male main face made the originally surrounded double statue have no ordinary imagination, which is the highest realm of Tibetan Buddhist double statues; the male main face and the 12 eyes of the other three sides extend the vision of the statue to three-dimensional space, so that the double figures symbolizing wisdom and compassion become the center of the mandala universe; at the same time, The statue of Xiling is inlaid with turquoise and smoothly changing Ying Luo, the statue of Ming Fei Vajrayogini, which encloses the two figures into an inseparable, but flowing and light whole, eliminating the silence of the metal statue and having the vitality of the two figures. In addition, the golden and bronze statues of the Buddha-figures are beautifully shaped, the proportions of the head, torso and limbs are in harmony, and the gilding is bright, and most of the gold and bronze statues of Ruyilun Shengle Vajra that appeared after the 17th century were developed in this style of statues.
The tantric ornaments on the body of Katsura King Kong represent the six paramitas and the five Buddhas. The crown represents the meditation paramita and the Acharya Buddha; the earrings represent the forbearance paramita and the Amitabha Buddha; the necklace represents the Buddhas of the Bodhisattva and the Po Sheng Buddha; the arms and anklets represent the holding of the vows of the Paramita and the Great Sun Rulai; the belt and skirt represent the perfection of the Paramita and the attainment of the Buddha; the cross vajra pestle represents the Prajnaparamita and the Vajrayogini. The fifty-one heads represent the fifty-one hearts of the Wisdom Sect. The Tibetan Buddhist Shanrapani Vajrayogini is closely related to the Hindu Shiva. The crescent-shaped headdress, the third eye, the tiger skin, the three-stranded halberd, and the skull bowl elements are all clearly borrowed from Hindu images of Shiva, except that they step on Hindu deities and drape the head of the Hindu Brahma, which explains the vajrayana's desire to show that Buddhism is higher than Hinduism.
Size: Height: 50cm
Estimate: RMB: 2,800,000-4,200,000
This is a seated statue of Shakyamuni Shakyamuni in alloy bronze from the 13th to 14th centuries in Tibet. Shakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: ākyamuni, meaning "sage of the Shakya race"), surnamed Gautama and named Siddhartha (c. 566 BC – 486 BC). This statue of Shakyamuni sat on a lotus throne on his back, performing a meditation seal with his left hand and a touch seal with his right hand, symbolizing the important moment when Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, practiced enlightenment in Bodh Gaya.
The facial features of this Buddha statue are three-dimensional and the face is rounded. The eyebrows are like a crescent moon, and the whites between the eyebrows are prominent. The eyes are double eyelids, carved with lower eyelids, semi-closed, and the curtains are low, staring downwards, with a contemplative and meditative look. The bridge of the nose is high and straight. Small mouth thin lips, the corners of the mouth slightly upturned, lips have cinnabar paint marks, the face is quiet and peaceful. The earlobes are long, with their bottom below the chin and have rectangular ear holes. The top bun is full and prominent, and it is neatly arranged. There are ruyi beads on the bun. Both the flesh bun and the pekoe belong to the thirty-two phases of the Buddha. Three neck stripes. The body is well-proportioned and strong, the chest muscles are prominent, and the waist is thinner, giving people a straight and solemn feeling. The robe is thin and well-defined, draped from the left shoulder to the lotus seat, the left sleeve covers the wrist, the right shoulder and the right breast, and there are three tight stripes between the left arm and the body. There are crow's feet on the left shoulder and under the legs. The edges of the robe are decorated with a tuft pattern, and the inside of the tuft is engraved with a fine bead pattern, and the outer side is engraved with double lines. The abdomen is engraved with a navel, and below the navel there are swastika shaped in the shape of a. The petals of the lotus peduncle are full and full of tension. The overall depiction is delicate, the shape is elegant and quiet, and it is the artistic style of the Late Indian Pala Dynasty.
Size: Height: 40cm
Estimate: RMB: 1,200,000-1,500,000
The Lotus Hand Bodhisattva is one of the many incarnations of Avalokiteshvara, named after the lotus flower in his hand. The statue stands in a three-fold branch-like manner and has a graceful posture. He wears a crown of flowers with two precious flowers on the side of the crown. The eyebrows are slender and tall, and the face is rounded. The upper body is exposed, like a shawl, and it has a rich circular pattern on it. In his left hand, he picks up a lotus flower, half-opens it next to his left shoulder, and his right hand droops to give the wish seal, and the palm print is clear and exaggerated. The arms and wrists are decorated with bracelets, which have the characteristics of India. She wears an Indian-style water-rippled skirt underneath, with round swirling florets between the u-shaped ripples. The long skirt is light and close to the body, forming a cape shape in the body direction, showing the female toned limbs, the muscles are full and elastic, which is the superb realistic technique of the statues in the Parra period. The whole body shape and decorative style have a strong Pala art style, but the casting process and detailed artistic characteristics of the statue have the characteristics of Tibetan statue art, which should be the style of central Tibet from the thirteenth to the fourteenth century.
Size: Height: 31.5cm
Estimate: RMB: 900,000-1,200,000
Because the Da Wei De Fa has five unique characteristics, the combination of culture and martial arts, the ability to remove obstacles, and the wide range of undertakings, it is known as "the king of careers and the honor of anger", so it has been favored by various masters. The Great Vajrayogini was also taught by the Buddha in his lifetime to cure the Death Lord of Yanla, so those who practice the Vajrayogini have special blessings in terms of longevity. Little Four also likes Big Weed Kong very much.
This one-man Vajrayogini has nine faces, thirty-four arms, and sixteen legs. The front of the root is an extremely fierce and angry buffalo noodle, with a pair of sharp horns on its head and a flame of wisdom at each tip. The three eyes were red and round, the eye cavity was red, and the blood was all over the place, as if it were covered with blood. The nose is full of wrinkles of anger, the two nostrils are like the trumpet of burning red copper, and the breath of the nose echoes, which is like a fierce black wind that can destroy the world. The mouth of the whale is as big as the sky, four sharp fangs are exposed outside the mouth, the tongue is stretched out like lightning, and the eyebrows must be raised, as if the fire that can destroy the world is burning. The seven sides on the right and left and the Luocha face are extremely angry and fearsome, the face of the Luocha is Manjushri, the Manjushri is slightly angry, and the top of the Manjushri five buns is decorated with Mani orbs and flower beards, and its face also has three eyes. Except for the Manjushri noodles, the other eight sides have orange hair erection.
Of the thirty-four arms, the Lord holds the knife and the Gabra bowl in both arms, and the rest have sixteen arms on the left and right, divided into two rows. Sixteen legs, the sixteen iron city of the king of Yama, also symbolizes the sixteen void phases. The eight human-beasts on the right are bent, and the feet are leaning forward and backward to the prostrate people, buffaloes, cattle, donkeys, camels, dogs, sheep and foxes, these eight kinds of human beasts represent the eight achievements; under the human beasts are the gods such as the Great Brahma, the Emperor Shi Tian, the Heavenly Entry, and the Great Self Heaven, symbolizing that this method is a supernatural method completely different from the worldly Zen of Hinduism; the left eight legs are extended, and the vultures, owls, crows, parrots, eagles, ducks, roosters, and geese under the feet indicate the eight freedoms and purity. Underneath are the six-faced boy, the elephant head demon, the moon god, the sun god and other gods. The lotus petals on the pedestal are delicately carved and full, with typical 15th-century lotus petals.
Size: Height: 28cm
Estimate: RMB: 700,000-800,000
This image represents the standard statue of Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment. The Buddha's headdress is decorated with snail hair, the head of the head is high and high, the top of the jewel is tight, the earlobe shoulders are large, and there are three silkworm knots carved on the neck, showing the Buddha's extraordinary and good characteristics. The statue has a high forehead, raised eyebrows, round white between the eyebrows, and a small mouth, and the image is vivid and realistic, solemn and silent. Wearing a right shoulder robe on the upper body and a monk's skirt on the lower, the pattern adopts the ancient Indian Sarnathic expression method, which fully reveals the natural ups and downs and changes of the body, only at the neckline, cuffs, calves and hem of the robe, the beaded pattern is expressed and decorated with rice grain patterns, and the rice grains are connected end to end, in a figure-of-eight distribution, which originates from the Buddha statue decoration of the Kashemera Dynasty in Nepal in the 13th and 14th centuries. Shakyamuni sat on the lotus throne with a tall and powerful posture, his left hand knotted with the meditation seal, and his right hand on his right knee knot touching the ground seal. A vajra pestle is placed directly in front of the lotus seat, symbolizing the incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha. The upper and lower edges of the lotus seat are decorated with a continuous bead pattern, and the petals are slender and full, strong and powerful, and the upper and lower symmetrical distribution surrounds the lotus seat. The overall shape is beautiful, the body is strong, the charm is vivid, especially its full muscles, strong posture, hidden infinite vitality and vitality, very artistic beauty, showing a very high level of casting technology.
The style of this Buddha statue has been influenced by Nepalese art, especially its body and body clothing expression methods have the distinctive characteristics of Nepalese art, but in the overall and local shapes, more Tibetan local aesthetic tastes and expression techniques are integrated, and the characteristics of the times are distinct. The statue is cast in alloy red bronze, and the gilded luster is bright, showing the solemnity and sacredness of the Buddha statue.
Size: 20.5cm
Estimate: RMB: 500,000-600,000
This is a fine han-Tibetan style statue. The Treasure Heavenly King sat on the back of the mounted male lion, and the treasure lion's eyes were round, his mouth was wide open, and his sharp teeth were fearful and realistic. The left hand holds the spit bull rat, symbolizing the treasure. The right hand holds the Ruyi Treasure Building, the appearance is mighty, and the treasure building rotates to produce jewelry, so it is called the Treasure Heavenly King. He wears a five-leaf crown on his head, a wide forehead, an upside-down eyebrow, a piercing eye, and a mighty face. Wearing armor, decorated with warriors, a gold belt around the waist, armpit combat boots, and a lion as a rider. Fluttering straps, drapes and sleeves add to the rhythm. In addition to the face, the whole body is gilded, full of color, bright and thick, and golden and brilliant. The depictions of crowns, armor, treasure buildings, and jewelry are even more wonderful and luxurious. The carving is extremely meticulous and realistic, the armor pieces around the body are the same size, fine and neat, the mount looks back, the tail is cocked, majestic and powerful, and the craftsmanship has been exerted to the extreme. The single-layered lotus petals are straight and full, and the overall appearance is extremely delicate and beautiful. The Treasure King is the good god of Tibetan Buddhism who controls treasure and wealth and upholds the Dharma. According to the scriptures, when Shakyamuni Buddha was the abbot, the Heavenly King made a vow before the Buddha to uphold the Dharma and give the wealth to all beings so that they could fulfill the worldly Dharma. Therefore, although his appearance shows the appearance of a treasure king, in essence it is still the embodiment of the Buddha. All sentient beings who always practice compassion and good deeds, with the strong blessing of the Treasure Heavenly King, can have a smooth career, a great plan, a full wish for wealth, and a rapid response can also eliminate disasters and disasters, seek wealth, and enhance well-being. By practicing this image, you can eliminate disasters and disasters, seek wealth and fulfill your wishes, have a smooth career, and develop your grand plans.
Size: 37×39cm
Estimate: RMB: 350,000-400,000
Manjushri Bodhisattva often served Shakyamuni Buddha with Puxian Bodhisattva, and was the first of all the bodhisattva disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha, so he was also known as Prince Manjushri. The image of Manjushri Bodhisattva is the image of a sword riding a lion, representing the sharpness of his Dharma, and awakening the obsessed sentient beings with the roar of a fearless lion, which is the basic image of Manjushri Bodhisattva. Puxian Bodhisattva is a representative of Mahayana bodhisattvas and symbolizes the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism. In the Huayan Sutra, it is clearly stated that all Dharma belongs to Vishnu Naru and Manjushri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva, and the three are called the "Three Noble Beings of Huayan", in which Puxian Bodhisattva represents all bodhisattvas. The shape of this lot is simple, and although it has gone through hundreds of years, it still retains some of the original colors of the time. From the open face shape of the bodhisattva to the craftsmanship of carving, all of them show us the aesthetic atmosphere of the Liao Dynasty and the refinement of the carving technique, and there is also a Hu person carved on the left side of Puxian, which belongs to the rare Statue of Buddha.
The reason why Xiao Si likes Buddha statues is not only because of the beautiful shape, but also because he is still a Buddhist. Seeing the exquisite Buddha statues from the heart always want to kneel down to worship. I also want to invite a statue home to be enshrined, but as an antique Buddha statue is really something that Xiao Si can't afford.