西藏十七世紀 銅阿底峽尊者坐像

seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne, with hands in dharmachakramudra, wearing the distinctive Indian-style pandit’s cap with hanging lappets, flanked on his left by two of the thirteen possessions of an ordained monk: a khakkhara or mendicant’s staff with stupa finial, and a chilug or water vessel, on floral elements at right rest a stupa or reliquary, and a pustakam, an oblong-shaped religious manuscript wrapped in silk

Private European collection, early 1980s.

Homage to the Holy: Portraits of Tibet's Spiritual Leaders, Rossi & Rossi, London, 6th-20th November 2003.

Rossi & Rossi exhibition catalogue, Homage to the Holy: Portraits of Tibet's Spiritual Leaders, London, 2003, cat. no. 6.

Good overall condition. Minor wear and accretion overall, consistent with age. Slight bend to finial elements at proper left shoulder. Very minor pitting to face near nose. Front right scroll element on base previously consolidated with brown filler. Original base plate with consecration material intact.
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Compare the elegant waveform pattern of the base with the throne elements in lot no. 406, a thangka also depicting Atisha Dipamkara. The bases in both of these works depict lotus thrones atop elaborate bases, each draped in decorative silks and embellished with a pair of addorsed vyala or leogryphs. Both bases are adorned with triple gem cornices, the sculptural base incised with further waveform and lotus petal patterning which mirror the rich carving and ornamentation of the base depicted in lot 406 in the present sale.

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 30686.