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AN INSCRIBED BRONZE 十五至十六世紀

FIGURE OF SHARKA RECHEN 西藏銅銘文夏喀熱欽坐像

TIBET, 15TH – 16TH CENTURY 喜瑪拉雅藝術資源網編號68473

seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base with the 展覽：
right hand held in vitarkamudra and the left hand resting on 阿什莫林博物館，牛津，1996-2005年借展
the knee, the face with a joyful expression and framed by short 《The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the
curly locks and pendulous earlobes, adorned with jewellery Nyingjei Lam Collection》，阿什莫林博物館，牛津，1999年
including earrings and a necklace inlaid with semi-precious 10-12月
stones, clad in loose robes with incised borders and hems 《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya》
cascading in folds on the base, the reverse with a Tibetan ，Palazzo Bricherasio，都靈，2004年6-9月
inscription on the petals of the lotus base, the base sealed and 魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2005-2017年借展
incised with a double-vajra 《Stable as a Mountain: Gurus in Himalayan Art》，魯賓藝術
博物館，紐約，2009年
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68473 《Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam
10.2 cm, 4 in. Collection》，魯賓藝術博物館，紐約，2012-2013年

EXHIBITED 出版：
David Weldon 及 Jane Casey Singer，《The Sculptural
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1996-2005, on loan. Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingje Lam
The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Collection》，倫敦，1999年，圖54
Lam Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, October- Franco Ricca，《Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’
December 1999. Himalaya》，都靈，2004年，圖53
Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’ Himalaya,
Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, June-September 2004.
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2005-2017, on loan.
Stable as a Mountain: Gurus in Himalayan Art, Rubin Museum
of Art, New York, 2009.
Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection,
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2012-2013.

LITERATURE

David Weldon and Jane Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritage
of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London,
1999, fig. 54.
Franco Ricca, Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell’
Himalaya, Turin, 2004, fig. 53.

HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,400-64,000

This charming ungilt bronze figure depicts a lama identified
by a verso inscription as Sharka Rechen. This may refer to a
fifteenth or sixteenth century figure in the Kagyu lineage also
known as Sharka Rechen, the name of whom is preserved in
the oral history of Chakrasamvara or Damchog Nyengyu, but
of whose life little is known.

Great attention to detail is paid in this remarkable portrait,
including the mirthful expression, the short curly locks, the
beautifully embellished details on the outer hem of the inner
and outer robes and the meditation belt, and the personal
accoutrements such as the inlaid-stone jewellery and mala or
rosaries worn around the wrists.

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