藏品編號
B000069
藏品品名 明洪武年鎏金釋迦牟尼佛像五千零四十八尊之一
年  代 明代
國  家 中國
材  質 鎏金銅
尺  寸 5.7 cm
物  件  數
1
估  價

介 紹:

Description (guaranteed):

這是我早期買的一尊佛像,當初只覺得祂相當小巧可愛,且有銘文。 後來陸續在故宮博物院 (佛陀的故事)中(P48), 和金申先生的大作 (趣談古代佛像) (P172),及(佛像鑑定與收藏) (P24)中看到與我收藏一樣的佛像介紹, 才更了解這尊佛像的由來, 也非常佩服金申先生的深入研究與探索, 特摘錄部份內容如下共享同好。

此尊佛像小巧可愛,雖然僅高5.7釐米,卻一絲不苟,無論面相、衣紋、台座製作均佳,有大像的氣勢,可謂以小見大。一手作禪定印,另一手施觸地印,代表釋迦牟尼召喚地神見證其得道成佛。

值得賞玩的是在須彌座的束腰部分刻有發願文,字小如粟,共五十字,文曰

周府欲報四恩,命工鑄造佛相,一樣五千四十八尊,俱用黃金鍍之,所以廣陳供養,崇敬如來,吉祥如意者。洪武丙子四月吉日施。

這發願文中的“周府”,原來在《收藏家》雜誌發表時誤識為“同府”,上海的徐汝聰女士隨後也在《收藏家》介紹了這五千四十八尊之中的一尊,釋為“周府”,其說為是。洪武丙子即洪武二十九年, 1396年,距今六百餘年。

周府應是朱元璋的第五子朱橚,洪武三年被封為吳王,十一年(1378)改封周王,十四年(1381)就藩開封。洪熙元年(1425)卒,賜謚“定”,故亦稱周定王。

再回到這尊小佛的發願文上說,為何造五千零四十八尊,原也不解其意,不想介紹此小佛的文章發表在《收藏家》雜誌上,被日本東京名叫服部法照的僧人看到了,服部氏也喜收藏佛像。幾年後巧遇于東京,他認為這五千零四十八的數字是因為《大藏經》有五千零四十八卷,故而造此數目的佛像是以每尊佛像代表一卷大藏經,每鑄一尊佛像即與誦讀佛經同央A解釋令人心服。有點類似南朝的傅翕傅大士發明的佛寺中的轉輪藏,即木塔中裝貯佛經,每轉動一圈,即等同於念了一遍佛經。

這一尊小佛文章一發表,想不到波及到了上海,東京及大阪地區,現在更因為我的收藏,散播到台灣,世界真是說大也大,說小也小。

 
特別說明:
Condition:

The gilt bronze figure is in an excellent state of preservation, thou most of gilt colors were off. The details are incised and well delineated. There is some minor encrustation under the base, and on the recessed areas in the back and the front of the sculpture.

類似的佛像近年來一直是拍賣會的寵兒, 也皆以高價拍出. 請參考Christies 2014, 9月紐約拍賣, 拍場2872, 拍出的lot1023, 與本件收藏一模一樣, 同一出處. 見圖B000069E.

Description from Christies:

A MINIATURE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
MING DYNASTY, HONGWU BINGZI CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1371, AND OF THE PERIOD
The figure is shown seated on a lotus plinth in dhyanasana with right hand lowered in bhumisparsa mudra and left hand in dhyanamudra, the whole raised on an hexagonal pedestal finely incised with a dedication, including the cyclical date, first month of the bingzi year. Another inscription is incised on the back of the lotus plinth.
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high

The inscription on the pedestal base, Hongwu bingzi yiyue jiri shi, made on an auspicious day in the first month of the bingzi year (29th year) during the Hongwu reign, is similar to the inscription dated to the fourth month of the bingzi year, inscribed on a similar miniature gilt-bronze Buddha sold at Christies Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1806, which also bears a lengthy dedicatory inscription, referring to the figure as being part of a group totaling 5,048 made for worship by future devotees. Another of these figures dated to the 29th year of the Hongwu reign is illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues I, Beijing, 2001-2004, p. 73, pl. 34.
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