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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF THE CONFESSION BUDDHA SUVIKRANTA
TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURYA Tibetan inscription at the back of the base identifying the figure as Suvikranta, one of the Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession.Himalayan Art Resources item no.13067 9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm) high
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西藏 約十七世紀 銅鎏金善游步功德佛像Confession is a basic component of many Buddhist liturgies, rooted in the view that the burden of unvirtuous deeds is lessened through their acknowledgment. In Mahayana confessional rituals, one chants the names of the Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession and makes offerings before their images. This bronze depicts one such Confession Buddha, Suvikranta, who would have held a sword in his upraised right hand, according to a vision of Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Known from the Mahayana "Sutra of the Three Heaps" (Triskandhadharmasutra), the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas help devotees transcend their sin.??The artist was clearly informed by the early Nepalese style of the Licchavi period (c.400-750 CE), which was in turn influenced by Gupta images from Sarnath. Here Buddha's face, for example, echoes the beaked nose, full and protruding lips, and introspection typical of Licchavi bronzes. Also, the plain, curved base below the figure, as suggested by Weldon and Casey Singer while discussing a comparable figure of Maitreya, "is another reference to Licchavi models, which are often cast to include a low support designed to allow attachment to a separate lotus pedestal." (Weldon & Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, London, 1999, p.120). While inspired by a Nepalese tradition, the bronze was almost certainly commissioned in Tibet, which is known to have embarked on an artistic revival of earlier styles in the 17th century including Taranatha's (1575-1634) restoration of Pala-style murals at the Jonang Puntsog Ling.?Two other bronzes, closely related in style and of similar size, are almost certainly from the same set of Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas as this sculpture. One is preserved in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, published in Pal, Art of Nepal, Los Angeles, 1985, p.117, no.S38; the other sold at Sotheby's, New York, 24 September 1997, lot 94. All three bronzes are finely modeled displaying smooth contours with close-fitting pleated robes, elegant hands, and tight, detailed curls of hair.ProvenancePrivate Swiss CollectionSotheby's, New York, 21 September 2007, lot 45Private Hong Kong CollectionSotheby's, New York, 16 March 2016, lot 726Collection FKH, USA