A SILVER INLAID GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A TAKLUNG KAGYU LAMA
TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.34062 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.) high
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銅錯銀鎏金達隆噶舉喇嘛像西藏 約十四世紀The lama has a distinctive square jaw and a short crop of stippled hair. His thick medication cloak would almost slip off his shoulders, following a popular convention in Taklung Kagyu portraits. Like other early Kagyu portraits, the lama is likened to a buddha, being represented with the 'earth-touching' gesture and a lotus throne with a silver vajra that alludes to the seat at Bodhgaya upon which Shakyamuni attained enlightenment. The lama's monastic shirt and inner robe have floral and geometric engraved patterns and silver-inlaid beading throughout its borders. The present lot compares closely with another gilt bronze lama that likely depicts the same teacher (HAR 24163). Published? Deborah Ashencaen, Body,?Speech?and?Mind: Buddhist Art from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and China, London, 1998, no.10. Provenance Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1998 Christie's, New York, 17 September 1999, lot 77