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2. The Second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi
Tibet
14th/15th century
Copper alloy
5 1/4 in. (13.5 cm) high
The Second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi

Identified by the black hat of the Karmapas, his telltale goatee, and his signature 'mind refreshing' mudra, the bronze depicts the Second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi (1204-1283), aged with a sagacious countenance, perhaps seasoned by his turbulent relationship with the Yuan emperor Kubilai Khan (1215-1294), as Dinwiddie suggests.

Compare with another in Chen, Sattvas & Rajas: The Culture and Art of Tibetan Buddhism, 2004 (HAR item no.32250).

Published
Dinwiddie, Donald. Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages. United Kingdom: Pallas Athene, 2003, pp.162-3, no.29.
Jackson, David Paul., Debreczeny, Karl, Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style, New York, 2009, p.52, fig.3.24 (misattributed to the Nyingjei Lam Collection).

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.174, no.122.

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 1995, lot 184

Himalayan Art Resources item no.2306


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Detail: alternate view
Detail: back
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