RARE STATUE DE GURU DRAGPOCHE EN BRONZE

TIBET, XVEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DE GURU DRAGPOCHE EN BRONZE
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en pratyalidhasana piétinant deux divinités placées sur une base lotiforme. Sa main droite brandit le vajra, la gauche tenant le scorpion. Il est vêtu de dhoti et d'une peau d'éléphant, son torse paré de bijoux. Son visage est féroce ; non-scellée.
Hauteur: 13,4 cm. (5 ¼ in.)

Provenance

The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle Fournier of Himalayan Art, France, collected in Europe during 1970s-1980s.

Literature

D. I. Lauf, ‘Divinites Terribles du bouddhisme Vajrayana’, Galerie Marco Polo, Paris Spring 1978, pl. 41

Further details

A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF GURU DRAGPOCHE
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The pot-bellied figure stands in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base and holds the vajra and scorpion. The latter identifies him as a manifestation of Padmasambhava who according to legend went in the eight century from India to Tibet to subdue demonic forces which hindered the introduction of the Buddhist teachings. He established tantric Buddhism in Tibet. This specific form of Guru Dragpoche is the most popular wrathful emanation of Padmasambhava though just worshipped by followers of the Nyingmapa order.

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