California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 18, 2018  March 18, 2018

 Lot # 3500 
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF LAMA WITH INSCRIPTION    清 銅鎏金喇嘛像 刻藏文


  • Dimension: Height: 10 2/5 in (26.4 cm) Length: 9 3/5 in (24.4 cm) Width: 5 7/8 in (14.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $9000

The Lama seated cross-legged, both hands resting joined together in dhyana mudra, wearing an inner vest incised with foliate motif, with heavy outer robe further incised with foliate motif and wrapped around both shoulders to fall in pleats down the back, the reverse with Tibetan inscription. Qing Dynasty period.


上師是具有淵博的知識和高深的修為之人,在密教修行中,僧侶信徒都要皈依上師進行修行,因此上師是藏民族心中的精神導師,其地位和修為被視為與佛、菩薩無別,具有極為重要的宗教地位。此尊上師造像額際高廣,雙目圓睜,鼻梁挺拔,面容雕刻自然寫實,仿若上師再現世間。上師全跏趺坐,腹前施禪定印,面相方圓端正,雙眉細長。正面衣物從內到外分三層,每層都有自己應有的褶皺,紋飾,工藝細膩。藏式背心和袈裟,外披寬大的僧氅,衣緣鏨刻有精美紋飾,裙褶自然流暢平鋪在卡墊之上,制作精致。西藏的上師像自十三世紀開始出現,主要根據上師生前面貌、體態特征、宗教習俗及所做功德進行不同程度的塑造,此尊上師形象生動,鎏金璀璨,時代特征明顯,是一件18世紀上師造像的精品之作。來源:德州達拉斯私人藏家提供
Provenance: Private collection, Dallas, Texas