A RARE BRONZE OF A STANDING YESHES TSOGYAL

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1.000 € - 1.500 €

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8.417 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 18th/ 19th c.
H. 34,8 cm (o.S.)
Yeshes Tsogyal is depicted standing upright on a round lotus pedestal. Her right hand shows the gesture of reasoning, with her thumb and ring finger touching at the tips; her left hand, open at the top, holds an open skull bowl. She wears a fivefold diadem in front of her tied-up hair. Her forehead has a point of wisdom, possibly representing a third eye. She is adorned with jewellery: on her ears, limbs, a necklace, a string of pearls hanging from her neck and strings of pearls around her loins. Her upper body is unclothed, but a long shawl covers her shoulders, ending in volutes. She also wears a dhoti strewn with flowers and a loosely swinging shawl over it. Her feet are protected by elegant shoes of uncertain style and origin. Yeshes Tsogyal, a Tibetan, was one of King Trisong Detsen's consorts when she was young. She later became the "wisdom partner" (yogini) of the Great Guru Padmasambhava. She was his constant companion during the first dissemination of the teachings. Yeshes Tsogyal was one of several of the Great Guru's disciples who wrote down Padmasambhava's biography. She is said to have possessed a special power of memory, so that once she heard something, she kept it forever. She collected the "Golden Rosary" written by her guru, the biography of her guru. The text was hidden and later, by inspiration, found by a terton. After Padmasambhava had left the country - his destination was the realm of the Srin-po demons in order to spread Buddhism there - she remained in a particularly densely wooded area of eastern Tibet in order to spread the Dharma herself as a teacher. Machig Labdrön, one of the most famous and popular of the Tibetan mystics, is regarded as an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal as well as an incarnation of Prajnaparamita. Yeshe Tsogyal, is famous for having attained enlightenment through the practice of Vajrakilaya. Bronze with remnants of iconographic painting on the face, on the back there is a rectangular, open recess for receiving consecrations.
From an old German private collection, acquired at Ketterer Munich, 5 Dec. 1985, lot 564 - Slightly chipped

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