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3215 Another piece from this set, of Dombi Heruka, is held in the Capital
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MAHASIDDHA CHARYAPA Museum, Beijing, published in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series:
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p.133, nos.92-3 (HAR item
Inscription translated, “Made at Nyug, given to the Great Assembly. no.59830). We are grateful to Himalayan Art Resources for their
Having knowledge in the path of the method of veins and airs, assistance in preparation of this lot.
obtaining self mastery of the physical form, known as the Charyapa, to
that teacher I bow.”. Published
Himalayan Art Resoruces item no.2291 Portraits of the Masters, pp.336-7, no.97.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm) high
US$20,000 - 30,000 Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.208, no.177.
西藏 約十五世紀 銅鎏金大成就者恰利耶巴像
Published
This portrait and its brother (lot 3216) originated from a large set of 84 Christie’s, New York, 17 September 1997, lot 135
mahasiddhas, adapted from the 11th-century Sanskrit text, Praise to
the Eighty-four Mahasiddha. Their inscriptions also indicate that they
were cast at ‘Nyug’, which Dinwiddie approximates in Tsang, and then
displayed within the great assembly hall of an unknown monastery.
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