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70 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 BODIES OF INFINITE LIGHT

321 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SACHEN

KUNGA NYINGPO
TIBETO-CHINESE, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

the Sakya lineage holder seated in vajraparyankasana, the
proper left hand raised in vitarka mudra, the end of a lotus
stem wrapped around the palm and curling around the forearm
supporting a blossom and scrolled leaves against the left
shoulder, the right hand lowered in varada mudra, each palm
incised with a dharmacakra, the lama with a semi-balding pate
and noble, furrowed brow, the body clothed in floral-bordered
garments with a robe belted and tied around the portly waist
and an outer robe draped down the back in pleats and long, even
folds, all raised on a double-lotus base
Height 8½ in., 21.6 cm

PROVENANCE
San Francisco Private Collection, by repute.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1990.
藏漢 十六 / 十七世紀 銅鎏金薩千貢噶寧波坐像
來源
舊金山私人收藏（傳）
現藏家購於約1990年

$ 40,000-60,000