Item: Teacher (Lama) - Teacher
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Sakya and Buddhist |
| Material | Metal, Mercuric Gild |
| Collection | Private |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Monastic
Gender: Male
Sonam Zangpo, Dragtog Choje. (birth 14th century [TBRC P3182). This sculpture of a Sakya religious teacher belongs to a large set depicting each of the Lamdre Lineage Masters. An inscription on the back of the lotus base identifies the figure.
འགྲོ་བའི་བསོད་ནམས་མཐུ་ལས་ནི། རྒྱལ་ཀུན་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་གཅིག་འགྱུར་ནས།
ལམ་བཟང་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྟོན་པ་པོ། བྲག་ཐོག་ཆོས་རྗེ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ།
'By the power of the accumulated merit of beings, The wisdom and compassion of all buddhas become one, Dharma teacher of the excellent path of mantra, To the Dharma master Dragtog, I bow.'
Jeff Watt 2-2019
Publication: Hanhai, Portraits
Sculpture Set: Lamdre Lineage (Portraits of the Masters & Additions)