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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF KARMAPA It is possible that the current figure depicts the third Karmapa,
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339), scholar and teacher to the Mongol
The figure is seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with court of China. Very few gilt-bronze figures of the Third Karmapa are
known, and the present figure appears to be one of the finest and best
hands resting on his knees, wearing inner and outer robes with preserved among existing examples. Compare with a gilt-bronze figure
finely incised and beaded borders and vertical folds on the back, of the Third Karmapa in a private collection, which shares very similar
his meditative face with downcast eyes surmounted by a double- facial features with the current figure, but has a rounder torso with
pointed crown adorned with a sun and moon. The base is sealed wider and flatter petals on the base, with much wear to gilding, see
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 21136.
with a base plate incised with a double-vajra to the centre.
5 ½ in. (13.8 cm.) high 此像可能為三世噶瑪巴讓炯多傑之造像。類似的存世例不多，此尊為同
類者中鑄造、保存較好之一。可比較私人珍藏一尊五官、造型與此極為
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000 類似之三世噶瑪巴鎏金銅造像，其座上蓮瓣較平闊，惜金水保存欠佳，
見喜馬拉雅藝術資源庫典藏編號 21136。
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1990s

元 / 明初 鎏金銅大寶法王坐像

來源
1990 年代購於香港

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