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24 Compare with a closely related example with wives present, sold
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA at Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 2007, lot 59 and another of the
Tibet, circa 16th century period, sold 17 September 2008, lot 306.
His thick robes incised throughout with bold foliate designs, the left Referenced
hand in dhyana mudra cradling a skull cup, with a trident at the elbow, HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33008
the right hand raised in tarjani mudra gripping a vajra, the alert face
with silver-accented eyes.
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000
西藏 約十六世紀 蓮花生大士銅坐像 Provenance
Private Collection
The partly legible inscription along the base refers to Padmasambhava Acquired from Xanadu Gallery, SF
as ‘Great Mahāguru’, indicating an origin for the bronze near the India/
Nepal border. An illegible name pays homage and ‘the wish to purify
all sins through the teaching of the three jewels.’
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