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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A 十四至十五世紀

BEARDED SAKYA LAMA 西藏鎏金銅薩迦派喇嘛坐像

TIBET, 14TH – 15TH CENTURY 喜瑪拉雅藝術資源網編號68308

seated in vajraparyankasana with the right hand in 展覽：
bhumisparshamudra and the left hand in dhyanamudra at the 阿什莫林博物館，牛津，2002-2005年借展
lap, all atop a double-lotus base with a beaded upper edge, the 《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya》
alert expression framed by short-cropped hair and a pointed ，Palazzo Bricherasio，都靈，2004年6-9月
beard, flanked by pierced pendulous earlobes, clad in upper 魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2005-2017年借展
and lower monastic robes detailed with finely beaded hems, 《Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam
the reverse and lower double-lotus base ungilded Collection》，魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2012-2013年

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68308
13 cm, 5⅛ in.

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$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,600

This unidentified Sakya lama sits alert with vivid gaze, the
right hand calling the earth to witness in bhumisparshamudra.
The lama’s head is large and commanding, and almost equal
in size to his short torso. His distinctive pointy beard, short
crop of hair and pierced earlobes provide hints to an earlier
period in his life as layman. He wears a wonderfully articulated
dhonka or inner shirt heightened with a double-beaded hem,
visible under the crenelated edge of his shemdap or skirt, as
well as a long outer choggyu or robe further heightened with
a double-beaded hem and fluted edge thrown over the left
shoulder.

The lama and upper throne element are richly fire-gilt, while
the lower lotus petal base and reverse remain ungilded. The
plump and full-bodied physical modelling, the short neck
and wide eyes are highly emblematic of the ambient Newari
aesthetic driving the ateliers of Central Tibet throughout the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Compare the facial type,
finely arched brows, and bodily proportion of the current work
with a fourteenth century thangka depicting Virupaksha and
Vaishravana from the Tamashige Tibet Collection, sold in our
New York rooms, 19th March 2014, lot 90.

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