Period:Unknown Production date:16thC – 17thC
Materials:silver, copper alloy, bronze,
Technique:inlaid, engraved, incised,
Subjects:lama vajra buddhist cleric
Dimensions:Height: 19.50 centimetres Width: 13.20 centimetres (max)
Description:
Lama (bla ma). Portrait figure of the renowned Sakya Master Drakpa Gyeltsen (grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1147-1216) holding a bell (ghanta) and sceptre (vajra); he is bearded and wears a robe incised scroll-work and auspicious Buddhist emblems. Cast in bronze; inlaid with silver and copper; incised with inscriptions on the double lotus base. Along with his father Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (sa chen kun dga’ snying po, 1092-1158) and his elder brother Sonam Tsemo (bsod nams rtse mo, 1142-1182), Drakpa Gyeltsen was one of the so called Sakya Patriarchs of the Sakya Religious Order, who were lay buddhist masters. He was a learned lama and Abbot of the Sakya Monastery, i.e. ‘Sakya throne holder’, for forty-three years, untill his death. He is portrayed wearing a elaborate dress, decorated with motifs of peonies and auspicious symbols. He performs the ‘great embrace’ (vajrahumkara) gesture, holding the vajra and the bell, his main attributes. He seats cross-legged on a double-lotus base.
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Comments:The figure was probably made in soutwestern Tibet or Mustang (Nepal) in a Sakya context.
Materials:silver, copper alloy, bronze,
Technique:inlaid, engraved, incised,
Subjects:lama vajra buddhist cleric
Dimensions:Height: 19.50 centimetres Width: 13.20 centimetres (max)
Description:
Lama (bla ma). Portrait figure of the renowned Sakya Master Drakpa Gyeltsen (grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1147-1216) holding a bell (ghanta) and sceptre (vajra); he is bearded and wears a robe incised scroll-work and auspicious Buddhist emblems. Cast in bronze; inlaid with silver and copper; incised with inscriptions on the double lotus base. Along with his father Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (sa chen kun dga’ snying po, 1092-1158) and his elder brother Sonam Tsemo (bsod nams rtse mo, 1142-1182), Drakpa Gyeltsen was one of the so called Sakya Patriarchs of the Sakya Religious Order, who were lay buddhist masters. He was a learned lama and Abbot of the Sakya Monastery, i.e. ‘Sakya throne holder’, for forty-three years, untill his death. He is portrayed wearing a elaborate dress, decorated with motifs of peonies and auspicious symbols. He performs the ‘great embrace’ (vajrahumkara) gesture, holding the vajra and the bell, his main attributes. He seats cross-legged on a double-lotus base.
IMG
Comments:The figure was probably made in soutwestern Tibet or Mustang (Nepal) in a Sakya context.
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