A MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ZONGKABA

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A MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ZONGKABA
16TH/17TH CENTURY

Shown seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, with hands in dharmacakramudra, each holding the stem of a lotus supporting a khadga above the right shoulder and a pustaka above the left shoulder, wearing priest's robes with foliate borders--8½in. (21.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the smaller figure of Zongkaba in the collection of the Chang Foundation illustrated by James Spencer, Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei, 1993, no. 57 and another illustrated in Cultural Relics of Tibetan Buddhism Collected in the Qing Palace, Beijing, 1992, no. 34