Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 103
A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER SCULPTURE OF TSONGKHAPA 18TH/19TH CENTURY Tsongkhapa sits in dhyanasana...
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £2600
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A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER SCULPTURE OF TSONGKHAPA
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Tsongkhapa sits in dhyanasana on a double lotus throne, his hands are at his chest in dharmachakra mudra. He wears voluminous monk's robes and a distinctive yellow hat, his attributes are a book and a sword and are placed on lotus flowers at his shoulders, 13.5cm, 500g.
Provenance: a London collection from 2004.
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the great religious teacher and founder of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism, is believed to be an incarnation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom.