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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA
China, 19th century
Wearing a tall pandita hat, the Gelug teacher seated in padmasana
on a double-lotus base, his hands in the teaching gesture before his
torso, a pair of oversized lotuses supporting a book and a sword.
228 17cm (6 3/4in) high
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

As the founder of the powerful Gelug-pa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, Je
Tsongkhapa is an important figure in Himalayan art, where he can take
five different forms, based on the visions of Kedrup Geleg Pal Zangpo.

The present lot sees the Guru in his main, Pandita form, wearing a
pointed hat and three robes - the two robes typical the Buddha form,
and the sleeveless dress seen only in Tibetan monastic attire. He holds
his hands in the gesture of teaching before his torso and sits in the
Vajra position, in imitation of Shakyamuni Buddha, the book and a
sword indicating a connection to Bodhisattva Manjushri.
229
A GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
Tibet, 19th century
Modelled seated in dhyanasana atop a double lotus plinth, wearing
long robes with incised floral hems, the hands in mudra and with one
holding a double-vajra, the face cast with a ferocious expression with
bulging eyes and severe eyebrows, crowned with a lama’s cap with
finial. 10.6cm (4 1/8in) high

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
230
A SMALL GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA
China, 19th century
Seated in the vajra position on a double lotus base, the Buddha
wearing thickly folded robes with brocaded hems, one hand in
Bhumisparsa mudra, the other in his lap in the gesture of meditation,
his curly hair arranged in little tufts on the head, the face and hair
with traces of pigment. 11cm (4 3/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
230 HK$20,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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