RARE STATUE DU ROI KHRI.SRONG.LDE.BTSAN (742-797) EN BRONZE

TIBET, XVEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DU ROI KHRI.SRONG.LDE.BTSAN (742-797) EN BRONZE
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Représenté assis les jambes croisées sur un socle lotiforme portant une inscription donnant son nom, les mains reposant sur ses cuisses, vêtu d'un manteau et d'une veste finement incisés de fleurs et de nuages, portant des chaussures, le visage serein, les oreilles ornées de boucles, les cheveux coiffés en chignon couvert d'une étoffe, scellée
Hauteur: 13,7 cm. (5 3/8 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 1996, The Hague

Literature

Hugo Kreijger, Godenbeelden uit Tibet, SDU Uitgeverij, Den Haag, 1989, p. 111

Exhibited

Goden en goeroe's, Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, 17 June - 28 November 1989

Further details

A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF KING KHRI.SRONG.LDE.BTSAN (742-797)
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

He is the second king of the Three Dharma Kings and royal disciple of Padmasambhava, who introduced Buddhism to Tibet. Under the rule of this King, large parts of Central Asia and China, including their capital Changan were occupied for some decades. Bronze examples of these kings are extremely rare to come across.

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