A bronze figure of Tsongkhapa lama and a brass-alloy figure of Kala Jambhala Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century | 清十八至十九世紀 銅宗喀巴喇嘛坐像及合金黃銅布祿金剛贍巴拉立像一組兩尊

A bronze figure of Tsongkhapa lama and a brass-alloy figure of Kala Jambhala

Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

the first seated in vajraparyanakasana on a double lotus pedestal, the hands held in dharmachakra mudra, flanked by two upright stalks of stylized lotus bearing a book and sword, identifying the figure as an earthly incarnation of Manjushri; Kala Jambhala standing in alidhasana atop a supine figure of Yellow Jambhala, holding a kapala in the raised right hand and a jewel-spewing mongoose in the left, all supported on a lotus base

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H. 16.6 cm, 6½ in. (Tsongkhapa); H. 16.9 cm, 6⅝ in. (Kala Jambhala)

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Figures de lama Tsongkhapa en bronze et de Kala Jambhala en laiton, dynastie Qing, XVIIIe-XIXe siècle

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清十八至十九世紀 銅宗喀巴喇嘛坐像及合金黃銅布祿金剛贍巴拉立像一組兩尊