STATUE DE MILAREPA EN BRONZE
STATUE DE MILAREPA EN BRONZE

TIBET, XVIEME SIECLE

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STATUE DE MILAREPA EN BRONZE
TIBET, XVIEME SIECLE
Représenté assis en rajalilasana sur une peau d'antilope recouvrant un socle lotiforme, la main droite portée à son oreille, le gauche tenant un kapala, vêtu d'un manteau aux franges finement incisées, un bandeau incrusté de cuivre sur la poitrine, le visage sévère, les yeux incrustés d'argent, non scellée
Hauteur: 16,5 cm. (6½ in.)
Provenance
Formerly the property of a Dutch private collector, acquired between the 1970's and the 1990's in The Netherlands, and bought from him by the present private collector in 1998, The Hague
Further details
A FINE SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MILAREPA
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Milarepa (1040-1123) is sometimes thought of as the first ordinary Tibetan to become a perfect Buddha in one lifetime. As a young man he successfully mastered black magic to take revenge on a wicked uncle wrongfully claiming his inheritance. He then repented to practice Buddhism with his teacher Marpa, who put him through terrible ordeals of constructing and reconstructing a nine-story tower four times over before agreeing to teach him. Profoundly gifted as a singer and poet, he communicated Buddhism through song and poetry and is credited with numerous popular Tibetan folk songs. His characteristic gesture of holding his right hand to his ear may be interpreted as listening to the 'echoes of nature'.

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