Lot 79
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A Gilt Bronze Portrait Figure of Gyaltsab Dragpa Dondrup
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A Gilt Bronze Portrait Figure of Gyaltsab Dragpa Dondrup

TIBET, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A Gilt Bronze Portrait Figure of Gyaltsab Dragpa Dondrup
Tibet, late 16th/early 17th Century
Seated on a cushion incised with foliate and lattice patterns, holding a book with his hands in the gesture of explication, wearing underrobes with incised flowerheads and a peaked headdress molded with cloudscrolls, visvavajra, sun and moon and a flowerhead terminal, incised on reverse 'Homage to the Regent Dragpa Dondrup (made in the likeness of),' base sealed
5 3/8 in. (13.8 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The inscription denotes that this image was made during Gyaltsab Dragpa Dondup's lifetime to represent his actual portrait. Gyaltsab Dragpa Dondup (1550-1617) is the fourth incarnate lama in the Gyaltsab lineage of Karma Kagyu and was a student of Karmapa Wangchug Dorje (1550-1603) and the Seventh Shamar Tulku Knochog Yanlag (1525-1583).

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