RARE, Chinese Tibetan Qing Dynasty silver gilt bronze seated Sangshi Buddha figure of Lama teacher, Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatso, 1617-1682. Gazing forward with the eyes slightly lowered, the hands firmly placed in the mudra of meditation in the lap he holds a golden long-life box topped with three flower blossom and precious stone in turquoise blue color. Atop the head is the traditional yellow pandita hat of the Gelugpa tradition. Wearing the demi florets robes of a fully ordained monk and covered with a meditation cloak in a majestic gilt color, he sits on a low cushioned seat atop a throne with an ornate decorated with silver lotus and foliate. Extensive trace of gilt remain on surfaces. The underside with incised Quatre-foil flori-form petals visvavajra mark surrounded the centralized DaiJi. The reversed side of pedestal shows Inscriptions.
t Panchen Lama administered the vows and gave him the name Ngagi Wangchug. Measurements: Height: 5 1/2" Width: 7 3/8" Depth: 5 1/4" PROVENANCE:Pineville-Charlotte, North Carolina, private collector, by inheritance. Believed to be purchased from OLIVOTTI BRO'S, 1191 Broadway, New York, N Y. and/or, of 145 Tremont ST. Boston, MA. During 1916-1924. LOT NOTES:Ngagwang Lobzang Gyatso, 1617-1682 was born to a family of Nyingma practitioners in 1617 in the Yarlung Valley of Tibet, descendants of the Imperial line of the Yarlung Dynasty. His father was Miwang Dundul Rabten and his mother was Kunga Lhadze. In 1622 he was identified as the rebirth of Sonam Gyatso by the First Panchen Lama Lobzang Chokyi Gyaltsen, who had been the tutor to the Fourth Dalai Lama. The Panchen Lama gave him the name Lobzang Gyatso and enthroned him at Drepung. Upon taking the seat of the Dalai Lamas in Drepung, Lobzang Gyatso immediately assumed the ritual responsibilities of the office, presiding over the New Year's feast offering and the Saga Dawa festivities in the fourth Tibetan month. He also began his studies, with Lingme Shabdrung Konchog Chopel and the First Panchen Lama, in Prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, Vinaya and Abhidharma. He also trained in grammar and poetics, astrology and divination, and related topics, with Mondro Pandita, who later would advise his student to suppress the Jonang tradition. Lobzang Gyatso received his full monastic ordination in 1638. Lingme Shabdrung and the Firs