A BRASS FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.16857 16 cm (6 1/4 in.) high
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喇嘛銅像西藏 十三/十四世紀The master's stoic concentration has been vividly captured by a skilled artist. Contrasting the large meditation cloak loosely draped around his shoulders are the tightly wrapped monastic shirt and inner robe hugging the contours of his torso. Drawing a likeness to Buddha images of Shakyamuni's defeat over Mara at Bodhgaya, the lama is portrayed—himself a Buddha—seated above a throne marked by a chakra and two vajras, and his right hand in the 'earth-touching' gesture. The three-tiered base is characteristic of bronzes created during the 13th & 14th centuries, reflected in a portrait bronze of Phagmodrupa (1110-1170) published in Rossi & Rossi, Homage to the Holy, London, 2003, no.14, and another portrait of a lama in the Rubin Museum (HAR 65458). Provenance Sotheby's New York, 22 March 1989, lot 291 Collection of Mrs W. Van Hoogstraten-Fetlaar, the Netherlands Christie's, Paris, 21 December 2009, lot 397