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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's London, 10 December, 1974, lot 11.
LITERATURE:
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24649.

西藏 十六世紀 銅嵌銀蓮華生坐像
來源:
倫敦蘇富比，1974年12月10日，拍品11。
出版:
“喜馬拉雅藝術資源”（Himalayan Art Resources），編號24649。

Padmasambhava (literally ‘lotus-born’ in Sanskrit) is considered one of the
principal early teachers to have brought Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth
century. He is depicted in numerous forms with different names representing
the outer, inner and secret aspects of his spiritual being. Here, he is seated in
dhyanasana on a lotus base with a beaded rim. He holds a vajra and kapala in
his hands and wears thick robes incised with floral and stippled motifs, his
head topped with the famous raven-feather cap.