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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF THE
FIFTH SHAMAR, KONCHOK YENLAK
(1525-1583)
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
5æ in. (14.8 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 27 March 2003, lot 81.
LITERATURE
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24390
Rendered with exceptional sensitivity, this portrait
sculpture faithfully depicts the Fifth Shamar,
Konchock Yenlak. Identifed by his long narrow
face with high cheekbones and a tall red hat
with upturned brims, the Fifth Shamar was a
principle fgure in the Karma Kagyu Tradition of
Tibetan Buddhism. Shown in deep meditation,
he is seated atop a square cushion with his hands
held over his knees in the double-gesture of
bhumisparshamudra. Voluminous robes, the hems
of which have been delicately incised with foral
motifs, envelope his slender form. This lifelike
portrait can be compared with a painting of
the esteemed throne-holder published in David
Jackson’s Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and
the Revival of the Encampment Style (Rubin
Museum of Art, 2009, fg. 5.3). A seventeenth-
century sculpture of the Ninth Karmapa of similar
quality can be found in the Rubin Museum of Art
(RMA acc. # C2002.15.1; HAR 65099).
西藏 十六世紀 鎏金銅第五世夏瑪巴貢曲廷拉
(1525年至1583年)像

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