A COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
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A COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA

TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

細節
A COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
6 ½ in. (16.2 cm.) high
來源
Collection of Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich,Germany, acquired in 1968.
Private collection, Germany.
Sotheby’s New York, 20 September 2002, lot 48.
出版
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no. 24401.

榮譽呈獻

Tristan Bruck
Tristan Bruck

拍品專文

Wearing the patchwork robes of a fully-ordained monk and a meditation cape (known as a “half moon” or zla gam in Tibetan), his right hand in the earth-touching gesture and left in the gesture of meditation atop his legs crossed in vajrasana, this lama is portrayed in a way that demonstrates his commitment to enlightenment. The masterfully-inlaid silver and copper which give distinction to the otherwise-standard monk’s robes are truly mesmerizing elements of this masterwork. Incised ever-so-carefully, the hems on both the lama’s shirt and cape bear beautiful floral designs, which are framed by a beadlike silver edge on either side. These stylistic and technical approaches are nearly identical to that of a sculpture in the Nyingjei Lam Collection (Fig. 1). The metalwork and approach to inlay in both the Nyingjei Lam and the present, more refined, example is of a discernibly Eastern-Indian origin which can be seen in Pala dynasty works of art of the 11th and 12th centuries.

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