A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHOGYAL PAGPA
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHOGYAL PAGPA

TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHOGYAL PAGPA
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Seated on a double lotus base with beaded rims, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, wearing a patchwork robe with incised borders, his face with smiling lips, a straight nose and elongated eyes, flanked by prominent ears, his hair closely cropped, the base with an incised inscription
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high
来源
Private collection, London, acquired by 2007
出版
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23954

荣誉呈献

Sandhya Jain-Patel
Sandhya Jain-Patel

拍品专文

Chogyal Pagpa, the nephew of Sakya Pandita, helped to establish Sakya as a center of scholarly activity in 13th century Tibet. He sponsored the translation of poetry, literature, and metrics, using the power of his position to further his uncle's scholarly and cultural projects. Pagpa is credited with having developed the theory of Buddhist rulership that delineated mutually dependent spheres of secular and religious authority.

Compare with an earlier bronze figure of Chogyal Pagpa depicted in dharmachakramudra (D. Dinwiddle, Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineage, 2003, pp.246-247, fig.64).

Inscription on the verso of this image reads: Homage to Chogyal Pagpa!

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