Description The patriarch seated cross-legged on a double-lotus pedestal, the hands in vitarka mudra with the right hand held in front of the chest and the left pointing downwards, wearing a characteristic cap of the Sakya sect and a three-piece robe with finely engraved borders. Base sealed, base plate gilt and incised with a double-vajra.
Dimensions Height 13 cm
Literature Compare a related figure of Sakya Pandita dated to the 15th century in: Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. 2, Tibet & China, Hong Kong 2001, p. 1072, no. 276 A
Provenance Private collection, Franconia, Germany, acquied in 1987 in Nepal
Notes VAT: Margin scheme
