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3210 Padmasambhava is portrayed with his classic iconography of a feather
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA cap, a knitted brow, and holding the vajra, kapala, and khatvana. Of
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY note is the treatment of the three heads of his staff showing the three
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2252 stages of desiccation. His shoes are pleasant in detail as well. He is
8 in. (20.2 cm) high Tibet’s legendary first guru, who came from Udayana on the invitation
of the Yarlung dynasty in the 8th century. The bronze compares
US$15,000 - 20,000 favorably to a closely related example sold at Bonhams, London, 14
May 2015, lot 28.
西藏 十五世紀 銅鎏金蓮花生大士像
Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.110-1, no.12.
Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.153, no.100.
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