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A GILT-BRONZE INSCRIBED FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST
PRECEPTOR
Tibet, circa 16th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal, his left hand raised
delicately holding a book, his right hand resting over his right
knee, dressed in voluminous patchwork robes embroidered
with lotus medallions and hems incised in floral scrolls, the
face with engaged expression and steady gaze, flanked by
pendulous ears, the reverse incised with an inscription in
Tibetan. 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high.
£9,000 - 12,000
CNY79,000 - 110,000

西藏，約十六世紀 銅鎏金上師像

Provenance: a European private collection

來源：歐洲私人收藏

The inscription reads:

࿓࿔ །། གསེང་པ་ལོ་ཙྪ་བ་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པའི་འབྱུང་གནས་རྒྱན་མཚན་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ་ལ་ན་མོ༔

Which is the name of the Buddhist Teacher Serpa lotstsawa
Künga Lekpé Jungné Gyeltsen Pelzangpo, (1308-1330), a
Tibetan Imperial Preceptor at the court of the Mongol Yuan
dynasty. He belonged to the abbot family Khon of Sakya
which had a precedence position in Tibet at the time and
held the dignity from 1327 to 1330. Compare the style of the
present figure with a gilt-bronze figure of a Tibetan teacher,
16th/17th century, which was sold at Christie’s New York,
18 May 2015, lot 4019. 196

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.