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A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF
PADMASAMBHAVA
Tibet, 17th/18th century
The figure seated in lotus position, his right hand
holding a vajra, the left holding a skull cup, wearing
heavy inner and outer robes finely incised with floral
designs and falling into graceful pleats around the
legs, the face with a serene expression, flanked by
pendulous ears adorned with loop earrings, the
head surmounted by a five-petal lotus hat topped
with a feather, the base sealed and incised with a
double vajra.
24.5cm (9 5/8in) high

£10,000 - 12,000
HK$120,000 - 140,000
CNY97,000 - 120,000

西藏十七/十八世紀 赤銅鎏金蓮花生大士坐像
Provenance: the Jeannette Claude Jongen
collection of Buddhist Art
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes
D’Art Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978,
pp.122-123, pl.32
(the catalogue is offered as part of the lot).
來源： Jeannette Claude Jongen夫人珍藏
佛教藝術品
收錄及出版： A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et
de L’Himalaya, 布魯塞爾, 1978年, 頁122至123,
圖32 （此拍品將附贈圖錄一冊）
Masterfully cast with a plump expressive face,
Padmasambhava is shown in conventional aspect
wearing the heavy patchwork robes typical of a
monk and distinctive hat topped by a feather. His
right hand holding a thunderbolt, the left hand
holding the skull cup filled with nectar or jewels, now
missing. Compare the treatment of the robes with
another in D.Dinwiddie, ed., Portraits of the Masters:
Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages,
Chicago and London, 2003, no.12, pp.110-111.

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