LOT 5272 A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA
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17x12x22.5 cm x Weight 2781 gram.
A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA 17x12x22.5 cm x Weight 2781 gram. finely cast seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus plinth with beaded edges, hands held in dharmachakramudra the gesture of teaching, each holding the long stem of a stylized lotus that rises to the shoulders, one of the lotus bearing a flaming sword (missing), the other lotus bearing a book; crowned with a peaked hat and dressed in the typical style of a Tibetan monk. Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is a revered Tibetan religious philosopher, and a central figure of the Gelugpa sect that ruled Tibet until the middle of the 20th century. According to tradition, he is an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri. The attributes supported by the blossoms at his shoulder, the flaming sword that cuts through ignorance and the book of wisdrom, are also those of Manjushri.
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