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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's
Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT
Lot 329
A GILT COPPE R FIGURE OF DROKMI LOTSAWA SHAKYA YESHE, TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 USD
OTHER PROPERTIES
A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF DROKMI LOTSAWA SHAKYA YESHE
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Height 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm)
the lama seated in dhyanasana, with the right arm raised in vitakra mudra, the left hand lowered in varada mudra, the hair closely
cropped, the full lips drawn up into a serene smile, the body clothed in a floral bordered sanghati draped over the left shoulder and
cascading in folds over the edge of the base, raised on a double lotus beaded base incised with a Tibetan inscription
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13745.
Provenance
Private European Collection
Catalogue Note
Being the upholder of a treasury of precious teachings,
He fulfills the desires of those to be trained.
Compassionate translator, I pay homage to Shakya Yeshé.
I, Pälden Dren, pay homage to the eighth lama of the Lamdré lineage, the great master Drokmi, and request his blessings. May this
be auspicious!
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