Item: Teacher (Lama) - (unidentified, male, monastic)
| Origin Location | Mongolia |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Gelug and Buddhist |
| Material | Metal |
| Collection | Private |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Monastic
Gender: Male
Taranata or Yeshe Dorje (Zanabazar).
Video: Zanabazar Style Sculpture
This image is not conclusively identified. It is possible it is an image of Taranata (1575-1635), or Zanabazar Yeshe Dorje (1635–1723). A suggestion of Tsongkapa has been offered but that would be very unusual to find Tsongkapa holding a vajra and bell in the embracing gesture, especially without the standard attributes of the sword and book. In the set of block print life story compositions depicting Tsongkapa there is a single instance of him with the sword and book as well as holding a vajra, bell and drum in the embracing gesture. (See example). Another composition from the same set of prints depicts the sword and book along with the vajra and bell held in a teaching gesture. (See example).
Jeff Watt 6-2019
Sculpture: Mongolia
Sculpture: Zanabazar Style (Teachers)
Sculpture: Monastic Shirt (Square Edges)
Sculpture: Subjects Page
Teacher: Late Period Sculpture (17th - Present)
Teacher: Yeshe Dorje (Zanabazar) Main Page
Sculpture: Zanabazar Style (Mongolia)
Sculpture: Zanabazar Style (Iconographic Figures)
Sculpture: Zanabazar Style (Unidentified Teachers)
Region: Mongolia, School of Zanabazar (Masterworks)