A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GELUGPA ABBOT, POSSIBLY THE FIFTH DALAI LAMA
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GELUGPA ABBOT, POSSIBLY THE FIFTH DALAI LAMA

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GELUGPA ABBOT, POSSIBLY THE FIFTH DALAI LAMA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
Heavily gilt and seated in dhyanasana on a thick square cushion with his right hand in vitarkamudra and his left hand resting in his lap, wearing a heavy pleated cape over patchwork robes, his rounded face with an intense gaze and wearing a pointed cap with overhanging lappets
5 ¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high
来源
Private collection, London, acquired by 2007
出版
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23951
拍场告示
Please note the correct estimate for this lot is $20,000-30,000.

荣誉呈献

Sandhya Jain-Patel
Sandhya Jain-Patel

拍品专文

While not identified by inscription, this figure is very closely related to an inscribed late 17th century gilt bronze figure of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University (M. Rhie and R. Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, New York, 1991, pp.272-73, no.98). In particular, compare the full rounded faces with incised eyes, wide noses and thin pursed lips, as well as the heavy pleated robes and square cushion.

The Great Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Losang Gyatso (1617-82), is one of the most remarkable characters in Tibetan history. He was a capable statesman, author of numerous books, and an accomplished yogic practitioner. Although trained by Gelugpa clerics, he had a strong affinity for teachings of the Nyingmapa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

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