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ABS 153
Code: ABS 153
Country: Tibet (central)
Style:
Date: 1450 - 1500
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 13.3 x 17.5 x 10.5
Materials: Gilt silver
Mus chen dKon-mchog rgyal-mtshan dpal bzang po (1388-1469/70)
Monk hollow cast in silver and partial gilt; mounted on a hollow cast gilt copper pedestal.
The monastic garments are decorated with engraved ornaments.
The face bottom of the pedestal is sealed with a plain sheet of copper (?).
This monastic master, identified by the inscription as dKon mchog rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po, is seated in the diamond attitude (vajraparyaṅkāsana) on a double lotus pedestal with beaded borders. His right hand is extended in the gesture of generosity (varada mudrā) and his left is uplifted with his thumb touching his ring finger. He is clad with the triple monastic garments (tricīvara).
On the lower border of the lotus pedestal is a Tibetan inscription in dBu can script reads:
༄། རྗེ་སེམ་པ་ཆེན་པོ་དཀཽག་རྒྱལ་མཚན་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ་ལ་ན་མོ།།
rje sem[s] pa chen po dkoog [dkon mchog] rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po la na mo //
“Homage to the great being dKon mchog rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po.”
dKon mchog rgyal mtshan bpal bzang po, also known as Mus chen dKon mchog rgyal mtshan (1388-1469/70), was the 2nd abbot of Ngor (1456-1462). This great Sa skya pa master was the main disciple of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bZang po (1382-1456), whom he helped him in establishing the monastery of in 1430. Of great artistic value, this statue has the particularity of combining two types of metal. The body of the master and the inside of his garment are made of silver contrasting with the gilded lotus pedestal and outer garments. His patchwork robes are also delicately chiseled with flower and Sanskrit syllables patterns.
Monk hollow cast in silver and partial gilt; mounted on a hollow cast gilt copper pedestal.
The monastic garments are decorated with engraved ornaments.
The face bottom of the pedestal is sealed with a plain sheet of copper (?).
This monastic master, identified by the inscription as dKon mchog rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po, is seated in the diamond attitude (vajraparyaṅkāsana) on a double lotus pedestal with beaded borders. His right hand is extended in the gesture of generosity (varada mudrā) and his left is uplifted with his thumb touching his ring finger. He is clad with the triple monastic garments (tricīvara).
On the lower border of the lotus pedestal is a Tibetan inscription in dBu can script reads:
༄། རྗེ་སེམ་པ་ཆེན་པོ་དཀཽག་རྒྱལ་མཚན་དཔལ་བཟང་པོ་ལ་ན་མོ།།
rje sem[s] pa chen po dkoog [dkon mchog] rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po la na mo //
“Homage to the great being dKon mchog rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po.”
dKon mchog rgyal mtshan bpal bzang po, also known as Mus chen dKon mchog rgyal mtshan (1388-1469/70), was the 2nd abbot of Ngor (1456-1462). This great Sa skya pa master was the main disciple of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bZang po (1382-1456), whom he helped him in establishing the monastery of in 1430. Of great artistic value, this statue has the particularity of combining two types of metal. The body of the master and the inside of his garment are made of silver contrasting with the gilded lotus pedestal and outer garments. His patchwork robes are also delicately chiseled with flower and Sanskrit syllables patterns.
Townsend, Dominique, 2022. "Muchen Sempa Chenpo Konchok Gyeltsen," Treasury of Lives, . http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Muchen-Sempa-Chenpo-Konchok-Gyeltsen/1898.