這尊傳承顯赫的北齊佛造像碑來自著名比利時收藏家斯托克萊（Adolphe Stoclet），因為這樣的傳承，拍出了55.44萬英鎊的佳績，約合人民幣520萬元。
這尊雕像在斯托克萊家的時候被放置在火爐邊，斯托克萊在1907年委託奧地利著名建築師Josef Hoffman設計了Palais Stoclet，這座偉大的建築現在是UNESCO聯合國世界遺產，當時這尊佛像就是被擺放在這個建築裡。
斯托克萊的收藏品位極佳，特別是雕塑、青銅器門類。參考：《漢代筆記 vol.9 鎏金大熊：西漢的皇族審美，克里夫蘭博物館所藏、Stoclet舊藏 - Party Animal, the Western Han Dynasty Giant Gilt Bronze Bear Weight, ex-Stoclet, Cleveland Museum of Art Collection.》
北齊 大理石雕佛菩薩造像碑
來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。
展覽：Art bouddhique, 法國巴黎賽努奇博物館, 1913年, 編號 512。
出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 404-405。
A RARE CHINESE WHITE MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE
Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
Sold for £440,000 + 26% Buyer’s Premium
£554400 inclusive of Buyer's Preimum
此雕像的背部呈尖拱形，高浮雕佛像，站在蓮花座上，兩位菩薩夾在其間，下方有蓮葉板，兩側有四位飛天，下方有佛塔，掛有珠穗，由兩位螭龍支撐，以葉卷為地。
基座上雕刻一尊阿彌陀佛，雙手作南無阿耨多羅三藐三菩提手印，兩位菩薩坐在較小的蓮花座上，蓮花座上有雙犬，在兩位菩薩之間。背面無裝飾，重 68 公斤，高 78.5 公分，寬 38 公分，深 24 公分。
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949) 是一位成功的比利時工程師和金融家。他的妻子 Suzanne Stevens (1874-1960) 是藝術評論家與收藏家 Arthur Stevens (1825-1909) 的女兒，也是畫家 Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) 的侄女。透過這些與藝術界的聯繫，Stoclets 夫婦被介紹給巴黎和維也納的前衛藝術圈。
在奧地利居住時，他們認識了建築師兼設計師約瑟夫‧霍夫曼 (Josef Hoffmann，1870-1956)，並於 1905 年委託他在布魯塞爾建造斯托克雷宮 (Palais Stoclet)。https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1298/
這座 Palais 是裝飾派風格的偉大建築，收藏了他們大量的藝術藏品，包括埃及和中國雕塑、中世紀義大利繪畫、拜占庭珠寶、前哥倫比亞和非洲藝術等。古斯塔夫-克林姆 (Gustav Klimt) 在餐廳中繪畫了壁畫，而 Palais 則用來招待瑞典國王以及歷史學家、考古學家、作家和音樂家。
在收藏生涯的早期，Adolphe 對日本浮世繪版畫產生了濃厚的興趣，這股日本風潮席捲西方。他對自己收藏的圖片表現出了真正的學術興趣，他記錄下了版畫的購買地點，並確定了所描繪的主題。他的筆記寫在本次拍賣的許多版畫的畫框和裱架上，並已添加到目錄描述中。斯托克利特收藏包括近三千幅版畫，這些版畫都是在拍賣會上以及從二十世紀初著名的藝術經銷商處購買的。Tadamasa Hayashi (巴黎) 和 Takejirō Murakami (布魯塞爾) 有時也會被提及。Stoclet 珍藏中的其他日本浮世繪畫已於 2004 年 6 月 8 日在倫敦蘇富比拍賣會上拍賣，此處提供的許多版畫在藝術家和描繪主題方面與這些版畫相呼應。
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949) was a successful Belgian engineer and financier. His wife Suzanne Stevens (1874-1960) was the daughter of art critic and collector Arthur Stevens (1825-1909), and the niece of painter Alfred Stevens (1823-1906). Through these connections to the art world, the Stoclets were introduced to the avant-garde art circles of Paris and Vienna.
When living in Austria, they met architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) whom they commissioned to build the Palais Stoclet in Brussels in 1905. A great monument to the Secessionist style, the Palais would house their extensive art collection which included a variety of pieces from Egyptian and Chinese sculpture to medieval Italian painting, Byzantine jewellery, Pre-Columbian and African art. Gustav Klimt painted the mural in the dining room, and the Palais was used to entertain the King of Sweden as well as historians, archaeologists, writers, and musicians.
Early on in his collecting life, Adolphe became interested in Japanese ukiyo-e prints, embracing the wave of Japonisme taking the West by storm. He showed a true scholarly interest for the pictures in his collection, keeping a record of where the prints were purchased and identifying the themes depicted. His notes were written down on the frames and mounts of many of the prints in this sale and have been added to the catalogue descriptions. The Stoclet Collection included close to three thousand prints, variously bought at auction and from famous art dealers of the early 20th century. Tadamasa Hayashi (Paris) and Takejirō Murakami (Brussels) are sometimes mentioned. Other Japanese ukiyo-e pictures from the Stoclet Collection were auctioned at Sotheby’s London on 8th June 2004, and many of the prints on offer here echo those ones in terms of artists and subject matters depicted.
A RARE CHINESE WHITE MARBLE BUDDHIST STELENORTHERN QI DYNASTY
The sculpture with a pointed arched back, carved in high relief with a figure of Buddha with her right hand raised in abhayapani mudra, standing on a lotus throne between two bodhisattva, all beneath a panel containing lotus leaves flanked by four flying apsara, and below a stupa hung with beaded tassels and supported by two chilong, set against a ground of foliate scrolls.
The whole is raised on a plinth carved with a small figure of Amitabha, his hands in namahkara mudra and two acolytes on a smaller lotus throne with twin dogs and between two further bodhisattva. The reverse undecorated, 68kg, 78.5cm high, 38cm wide, 24cm deep.
Provenance:
from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.
Exhibited:
Art bouddhique, Paris, Musée Cernuschi, 1913, no.512 bis.
Published:
Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.404-405.
Cf. the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for a larger stele dated 534, accession no.19.16. See also Sotheby’s, New York, Images of Enlightenment, 17th September 2014, lot 415 for a closely related but smaller stele dated 553.
同場其他精彩斯托克萊藏品包括：
東漢 銅鎏金龍型衡末飾
A RARE CHINESE GILDED BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FINIAL, HENGMOSHI Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Sold for £28,000 + Buyers Premium
來源：蘇富比，H K Burnet 收藏，1941年4月4日·編號382，£11的價格購得。
Mark Dineley（1901-75）收藏，之後由其後人繼承。Mark Dineley為當時威立士拍賣行拍出的著名元青花葫蘆瓶的藏家，亞歷山大的後人。
展覽：The Bradford College Exhibition, 1932年, 圖錄編號 25。
車衡為古代戰車上重要的構建之一，呈管狀，是設於車轅前端的橫木。衡末飾安裝在車衡的兩端， 對車衡起到保護及裝飾作用。戰車衡末飾具有武器功用，且此龍首衡末飾工藝精湛，製作完美，為當時身份尊貴的象征。
此種龍首衡末飾目前查證四例，其一在大英博物館（room 33, cabinet 6A, no.13）。其二曾在紐約大都會藝術博物館（no.1992.165.25）展出，另1935-1936年，斯托克萊（Stoclet）家族曾借展倫敦皇家藝術學院。本拍品則為第四例。
戰國及商 銅鎏金龍紋嵌玉戈
A RARE CHINESE GILDED BRONZE AND JADE CEREMONIAL DAGGER
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Sold for £70,000 + Buyers Premium
來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。
展覽：Bronze chinois, 法國巴黎橘園美術館, 1934年, 編號411 及 Arts de la Chine ancienne, 法國巴黎橘園美術館, 1937年, 編號144。
出版：H F E Visser, Asiatic Art, Amsterdam, 1947年, 編號55, 圖版34 & Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 350-353。
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