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STATUETTE DE PADMASAMBHAVA EN BOIS SCULPTÉ POLYCHROME Bhoutan, XVIIIe siècle image 1
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Lot 72

STATUETTE DE PADMASAMBHAVA EN BOIS SCULPTÉ POLYCHROME
Bhoutan, XVIIIe siècle

25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue Hoche

Sold for €3,570 inc. premium

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STATUETTE DE PADMASAMBHAVA EN BOIS SCULPTÉ POLYCHROME

Bhoutan, XVIIIe siècle

A POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
Bhutan, 18th century
Seated cross-legged on an overlapping triple lobbed lotus base, modelled with an alert face adorned with beaded earrings, wearing a distinctive pointed cap and a pleated robe decorated with floral hems, holding a vajra in his raised right hand and a skull cup in his left. 36cm (14 1/8in) high.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Artcurial, Paris, 11 December 2017, lot 192
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021), acquired from the above sale

Padmasambhava is widely revered across all Tibetan Buddhist orders, given the endearing appellation, Guru Rinpoche ('Precious Teacher'). As the founder of the Nyingma tradition, he is typically identified by an iconic feathered cap. Other iconographic markers of this legendary teacher, who is credited with introducing Buddhism to Tibet, are the skull cup containing a vase of plenty, and the vajra he holds in his hands. For comparison of the footed base and Bhutanese-style lotus leaves, see a Padmasambhava sold at Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 30 October 2015, lot 141, and another sold at Bonhams New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3209.

不丹 十八世紀 木雕加彩蓮花生坐像

來源:
巴黎Artcurial, 2017年12月11日,編號192
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset(1936-2021)舊藏,得自上述拍賣

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