Tsongkapa, förgylld kopparlegering. Tibetokinesisk, 1700/1800-tal
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Sittande i dhyanasana på en dubbel lotustron med båda händerna höjda i en dharmacakra mudra hållandes i lotuskvistarna, klädd i en draperad rock med utsirat växtmönster lägst kanterna. Den toppiga hatten med sidostycken som går ner över axlarna. Flankerad av två lotuskvistar som bär upp attribut. Höjd 17 cm.
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Proveniens
From the Collection of Ion and Anna Dufva, Strandvägen 5a, Stockholm, thence by descent within the family. (Ion was the son of A.G. Dufva). The figure was purchased by the couple from the Swedish Geologist and Professor Erik Nyström (1879-1963). Nyström arrived in Shanghai in 1902 and came to live in China for a long time. He was a teacher at the Shanxi University, he led expeditions in China to support Swedish missionaries 1911-12. He worked as an interpreter in 1912 when Throild Wulff were sent by Röhsska Museet to acquire Chinese Works of Art. In 1913 he took the initiative that led to Johan Gunnar Anderssons coming to China.
Övrig information
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is a revered Tibetan religious philosopher, and a central figure of the Gelugpa sect that ruled Tibet until the middle of the 20th century. According to tradition, he is an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri. The attributes supported by the blossoms at his shoulder, the flaming sword that cuts through ignorance and the book of wisdrom, are also those of Manjushri.