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A COPPER-ALLOY COPPER-INLAID FIGURE The present lot can be identified as belonging to the general field
OF A SAKYA LAMA of Sakya imagery by the lotus throne and costume. The Sakya
Tibet, 16th century School has a strong tradition of sculpted portraiture and encouraged
Seated on a double-lotus throne, the hands raised in mudra in front of individually-cast portraits of the great Sakya masters, commissioned
the chest, the robes sweeping around the body in rhythmic folds and by themselves, their disciples, or spiritual disciples of later centuries.
fluttering across the top of the base, the hem incised with a scrolling They were considered to have such well-known facial features and
brocade, the face of serene expression beneath finely-incised hair. iconography (for those who made up their intended audience), that an
11cm (4 3/8in) high. inscription naming them would have been seen as unnecessary. The
present lot is similar to another group of uninscribed Sakya imagery,
£4,000 - 6,000 illustrated in the first volume of Portraits of the Masters, Chicago,
CNY36,000 - 53,000 2003, pls.79-82. Traditionally, those that have a youthful cast, such
as the present lot, have suggested identification with Chogyal Pakpa
十六世紀 薩迦喇嘛銅像 (1235-1280) who achieved dazzling heights in scholarship, practice
and career before dying at the age of 45.
Published and Illustrated: O.Hoare, Portraits of the Masters:
Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages, Part II, private Compare with a related copper-alloy figure of a Sakya Lama, Tibet,
publication, p.55, no.29. 15th century, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 14 March 2017,
lot 3280.
出版著錄：O.Hoare，《Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of
the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages》，卷二，頁55，編號29

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