California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 May 10, 2020  May 10, 2020

 Lot # 9674 
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA    清 銅鎏金宗喀巴


  • Dimension: Height: 6 1/4 in (15.9 cm) Width: 4 1/4 in (10.8 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1200
  • Estimate To: $1800

Seated in dhyanasana on an raised lotus base with his hands held in dharmachakra mudra, holding lotus stalks, wearing voluminous robes incised with floral scroll borders, his face with an benign expression and richly gilt overall. Qing Dynasty period.


宗喀巴不僅是西藏格魯派(黃教)的創立者,也是藏傳佛教界最為重要的宗教改革家,精神領袖之壹,被藏族人民譽為“第二佛”,即釋迦牟尼之後的另壹位世間佛尊。件宗喀巴像頭戴桃形尖頂黃帽,兩側護耳垂於雙肩。內穿無袖背心,外穿袒右臂袈裟。面形方圓豐滿,雙目微閉,面相沈靜。雙手結說法印,並在手心握住兩枝蓮花花莖,花莖沿手臂升至雙肩,左肩放置般若經書壹部,右肩放置文殊寶劍,此為宗喀巴的重要標識,表明其為文殊菩薩的化身。結全跏趺坐於華麗的高蓮座上,仰覆式花瓣對稱分布,瓣尖上翹,座上下沿有連珠紋。