A LARGE GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF A SAKYA LAMA


TIBET, 17TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61810 65.5 cm (25 3/4 in.) high
|The figure is likely a revered Sakya master, indicated by the scale and quality of the sculpture and the type of robe he is wearing. His face is contemplative, yet has an infectious smile, as if pleased with what he beholds. His soft and rotund body is wrapped in several layers of richly adorned robes, chased with sophisticated floral and cloud patterns, suggesting fine embroidered silks. His portrait is distinguished by a heart-shaped hairline and large wide ears. Although created with a combination of cast hands and repoussé body, the presentation is seamless and harmonious.   Compare a similar treatment of the robes with a closely related repoussé figure of Dragpa Sonampel, formerly in the Portraits of the Masters Collection, sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3261. The present figure's stout form and vessel with an asoka tree branch are also shared by a figure of the 2nd Dalai Lama in the Museum Rietberg (Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, p.196, no.141). 銅鎏金錘揲薩迦喇嘛像 西藏，十七世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61810號高65.5釐米（25 3/4英吋）500,000-800,000港元 由造像的身型儀軌、鑄造質量、及僧袍特徵可推斷此像所塑造的很可能是一位受人崇敬的薩迦喇嘛。他正沉思冥想，但流露出極富感染力的微笑，似乎對其所見感到滿意。柔軟而圓潤的身軀被幾層裝飾華麗的長袍包裹著，上有刻劃巧妙精緻的團花紋與雲雷紋，代表華美的繡花綢緞。肖像以心形髮線和寬大的耳朵為特徵；雖然雙手為鑄造而身體為錘揲，但造像整體銜接完美、優美和諧。   類似的長袍處理，可與一尊舊藏於「大師之像」收藏的嘉普巴索郎培做比較，參見邦瀚斯，紐約，2017年3月14日，拍品3261號。作品粗壯的形態以及無憂樹枝的處理與里德堡博物館的一尊二世達賴喇嘛相近（參看Uhlig，《On the Path to Enlightenment》，蘇黎世，1995年，頁196，編號141）。