[Statue of Jinzongkaba Lama]
The statue of Jinzongkaba, Qianlong, Qing Dynasty, with a total height of 58 cm and a bottom diameter of 19 × 28 cm
Zongkaba looks like gold. His face is kind and peaceful. The seat, backlight and the left and right pair of hanging lamps are decorated with turquoise, coral, pearls and other valuable ornaments. In 1780, the Sixth Panchen Lama came to Beijing from Tibet to celebrate the 700000 birthday of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and presented an exquisite statue of Master Zongkaba. Later, the Qing Dynasty Palace modeled the image presented by the Sixth Panchen Lama and made it in gold
Zongkaba (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, was born in Huangzhong, Qinghai Province, and is called Zongkaba because it is called “Zongkaba” in Tibetan