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A gilt-bronze seated Sakya Lama, possibly Sakya
Pandita
Circa 15th century
The lama wearing a characteristic peaked cap with long flaps framing
the serene face and covering the ears to reach to the shoulders, the
body enveloped in a rich robe with embroidered borders, the hands
in vitarka mudra with the right hand held in front of the chest and the
left pointing downwards, the figure seated cross-legged on a double
lotus pedestal, box. 16.3cm (6 3/8in) high (2).
£7,000 - 9,000
HK$87,000 - 110,000 CNY69,000 - 88,000

約十五世紀 銅鎏金薩迦喇嘛，或薩迦班智達坐像
Sakya Pandita (1182–1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and
Buddhist scholar famed throughout Tibet, Mongolia, China and India
for his expertise in the five great sciences of Buddhist philosophy,
medicine, grammar, dialectics and sacred Sanskrit literature, as
well as the minor sciences of rhetoric, synonymies, poetry, dancing
and astrology. The extent of his wisdom has led him to be viewed
by tradition as an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri, the
embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas.
Compare a related figure of Sakya Pandita dated to the 15th century
illustrated by U.von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol.
Two. Tibet & China, Hong Kong, 2001, p.1072, no.276A. Another
lama figure with related treatment of the lotus petals on the pedestal
and dated to the 15th century is illustrated in Zhongguo Zangchuan
Fojiao Jintong Zaoxiang Yishu Xuancui: Di si ce - Zushi, Beijing,
2002, no.26.

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A small gilt-bronze turquoise-inlaid
figure of Vajradhara
16th century
Crisply cast seated cross-legged on a double-lotus
pedestal with the hands crossed before his chest
gripping the tendrils of vines attached to a vajra
and ghanta, the contemplated face surmounted
with a jeweled tiara with the hair pulled into a high
chignon behind, adorned with ornate earrings,
necklace, armbands and anklets, partially inset with
turquoise and blue beads.
11.5cm (4½in) high
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000
CNY39,000 - 59,000
十六世紀 銅鎏金嵌綠松石金剛總持坐像

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