ABS 052
Code: ABS 052
Country: Mongolia
Style:
Date: 1700 - 1800
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 9.9 x 14 x 7.8
Materials: Painted wood
Dromtönpa Gyelwe Jungne (disciple of Atisha) founder of the Reting Monastery
Solid carved from one piece and covered with painted decoration.
The monk is seated in the diamond attitude (vajraparyankasana) on a rectangular pedestal covered with the skin of an animal. He is clad with several layers of garments covering both shoulders. The right hands is uplifted in the gesture of argumentation (vitarka-mudra), and the left hand holds a manuscript (pustaka).
Solid carved from one piece and covered with painted decoration.
The monk is seated in the diamond attitude (vajraparyankasana) on a rectangular pedestal covered with the skin of an animal. He is clad with several layers of garments covering both shoulders. The right hands is uplifted in the gesture of argumentation (vitarka-mudra), and the left hand holds a manuscript (pustaka).
Bock, Etienne; Falcombello, Jean-Marc; Jenny Magali, 2022. Trésors du Tibet. Sur les pas de Milarépa.. Paris: Flammarion. p. 119
Boussemart, Marie-Stella , 1999. Dromteunpa, l’humble yogi: ou le renouveau du bouddhisme au Tibet du XIe siècle. . Marzens: Éd. Vajra Yogini.