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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A 十二世紀
MAHASIDDHA, POSSIBLY 西藏銅瑜伽士坐像
PADAMPA SANGYE 可能為帕當巴桑傑
TIBET, 12TH CENTURY
喜瑪拉雅藝術資源網編號68304
seated in vajraparyankasana on a throne, the hands raised to
the chest in dharmachakramudra, wearing a dhoti tied at the 展覽：
waist, the face with round eyes, between highly arched brows 阿什莫林博物館，牛津，2002-2005年借展
and a tightly curled beard, flanked by pierced pendulous 《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya》
earlobes, the hair in plaited rows falling behind the shoulders ，Palazzo Bricherasio，都靈，2004年6-9月
魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2005-2017年借展
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68304 《Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam
7.3 cm, 2¾ in. Collection》，魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2012-2013年

EXHIBITED

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2002-2005, on loan.
Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya,
Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, June-September 2004.
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2005-2017, on loan.
Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection,
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2012-2013.

HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,400-23,100

fig. 1 The captivating and slightly wild figure depicted in the current
Thangka depicting Padampa Sangye, detail, work has tentatively been identifed as Padampa Sangye,
Tibet, 13th-14th century, the eleventh century Indian mahasiddha credited with the
from the Stuart Cary Welch collection, propagation of the Chöd tradition within Tibet. Depictions of
Sotheby’s London, 31st May 2011, lot 85 Padampa Sangye in sculpture and painting often portray him
his hands in dharmachakramudra, and with unruly curls and
圖一 long plaits down the length of his back, reminiscent of the
十三至十四世紀 西藏帕當巴桑傑唐卡 局部 matted locks of Shaivite yogis.
Stuart Cary Welch 舊藏
倫敦蘇富比2011年5月31日，編號85 Compare the distinctive hairstyle and beard in the current
work with a contemporaneous bronze figure depicting
Padampa Sangye also from the Nyingjei Lam Collection, see
Jane Casey Singer and David Weldon, The Sculptural Heritage
of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London,
1999, pp. 154-155, pl. 31; as well as a thirteenth/fourteenth
century thangka depicting Padampa Sangye also with hands
in dharmachakramudra from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection
sold in our London rooms, 31st May 2011, lot 85 (fig. 1).

In addition to the similarities in hairstyle, the presentation
of the figure with rounded eyes, barechested and clad only
in a dhoti, all atypical for ethnically Tibetan figures, further
supports the attribution as the Indian mahasiddha Padampa
Sangye.

100 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比