A LARGE POLYCHROME TSA-TSA OF ZANABAZAR, 19TH CENTURY Mongolia. The terracotta finely modeled, painted and gilt with a portrait of OEndoer Gegeen Zanabazar seated on an elaborate throne with Buddhist lions, holding a vajra and a ghanta bell in his hands, surrounded by monks and sages, below a pair of tantric deities in yab-yum. Provenance: Swiss private collection. Koller Auktionen, Zuerich, 4 June 2019, lot 129, bought in at CHF 5,000-7,000. Condition: Abrasions and small losses, age cracks (one with a minimal touchup), superb preservation of the original polychrome pigments. Weight: 963.7 g Dimensions: Size 30.2 x 23 cm OEndoer Gegeen Zanabazar (1635-1723), born Eshidorji, was the sixteenth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and the first Bogd Gegeen, or supreme spiritual authority, of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Outer Mongolia. The son of a Mongol Tuesheet Khan, Zanabazar was declared spiritual leader of Khalkha Mongols by a convocation of nobles in 1639 when he was just four years old. The 5th Dalai Lama (1617-1682) later recognized him as the reincarnation of the Buddhist scholar Taranatha and bestowed on him the Sanskrit name Jñānavajra meaning "thunderbolt scepter of wisdom". Over the course of nearly 60 years, Zanabazar advanced the Gelugpa school of Buddhism among the Mongols, supplanting or synthesizing Sakya or " Red Hat" Buddhist traditions that had prevailed in the area, while strongly influencing social and political developments in 17th century Mongolia. His close ties with both Khalka Mongol leaders and the devout Kangxi Emperor facilitated the Khalkha's submission to Qing rule in 1691. The wooden frame probably European and from the earlier 20th century. 大型多彩哲佈尊丹巴呼圖克圖擦擦像，十九世紀 蒙古。陶土塑造精美，上漆並鍍金，肖像哲佈尊丹巴呼圖克圖坐在精美的寶座上，手裡拿著金剛杵和金剛鈴，周圍有僧侶和聖賢，寶座之上可見歡喜佛。 來源：瑞士私人收藏。蘇黎世Koller拍賣行，2019年6月4日，拍號129，估價CHF 5,000-7,000。 品相：擦傷和小缺損，年代裂紋 (有一道有輕微潤色)，原始彩繪保存極好。 重量：963.7 克 尺寸：30.2 x 23 厘米