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A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA

TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The Lotus-Born Guru is seated atop an elaborate double-lotus throne,
wielding a vajra in his right hand and skull cup in left, with a khatvanga
resting against his left shoulder. He is draped in voluminous robes centered
with a jeweled pendant, and his face is cast with wide-open eyes and
delicate bow-shaped lips and flanked by elongated ears with large rounded
earrings. He wears a headdress with upturned sides and topped with a vajra.
The face, hands, and feet have remains of cold gold and polychromy, and
the base is sealed and decorated with a double-vajra.

18¿ in. (46 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
A Swiss Private Collection, acquired in the 1990s
Very few images in sculpture of Padmasambhava of comparable size
and date have been offered on the market. Compare with a smaller
15th century bronze figure of Padmasambhava, sold at Christie’s Paris,
10 December 2014, lot 374. See, also, a small gilt-bronze figure of
Padmasambhava, also from the 15th century, sold at Christie’s New York,
15 September 2015, lot 77.

西藏 十五世紀 銅蓮花生坐像

蓮花生全跏趺坐於雙層蓮座之上，右手執金剛杵，左手執嘎巴拉盌，左肩
棲放著一把喀章嘎。身穿寬厚的袈裟，頸戴項鍊。雙目圓睜，雙唇微微上
揚，顯嗔怒的表情。雙耳戴長鐺，頭戴蓮花帽，冠頂鑄金剛杵。臉部有泥
金彩繪跡象，底板未開封，刻金剛杵紋。
來源
瑞士私人珍藏，入藏於1990年代

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