A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century - image-1
A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century - image-2
A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century - image-1A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century - image-2

Lot 81 Dα

A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 17.500 € (incl. premium)

A fine Tibetan gilt bronze figure of a Sakya patriarch, possibly Sakya Pandita (1182-1251). 15th/16th century

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.
Height 13 cm

西藏十五/十六世紀 銅鎏金薩迦班智達坐像
来源:德國弗蘭肯私人收藏,1987年購於尼泊爾
可比:烏爾裡希.馮.施羅德著,《Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet》,香港 2001年,頁1072,圖版276A

Provenance

Private collection, Franconia, Germany, acquied in 1987 in Nepal

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