A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure of the Third Karmapa, Tibet, 14th Century

Property of the Bothwell Family Collection

A Gilt Copper Alloy Figure of the Third Karmapa 

Tibet, 14th Century

Height 5 in. (12.7 cm)

the Kagyu master seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus throne with both hands in bhumishparsa mudra, wearing ornamented robes with an incised decorative pattern, falling in long pleats along the back and draping luxuriously in folds over the base, the face with a mediative expression and upturned lips cast in a gentle smile, wearing the hat of the Karmapa lineage with the diamond emblem at the front and featuring the crescent moon and sun at the top

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13695.