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སངས་རྒྱས་ཡར་བྱོན། 05
Sangye Yarjön 桑杰雅軍喜繞喇嘛 (1203-1273) 13-14th century / 十三至十四世紀
Tibet / 西藏 Kagyu sub-sect Taklung Monastery / 噶舉派分枝下達隆寺 bronze with inlaid silver and copper 銅鑲嵌紅銅和銀 H 7.8 cm/公分高
Sangye Yarjon The third abbot of the Kagyu sub-sect Taklung Monastery, who once greeted Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235-1280) འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ་, the first Imperial Preceptor of Kublai Khan from Yuan dynasty. This lama displays an unique squared jaw line and fringe hair. He sits in bhumisparsa / touching earth mudra on a double lotus. There are silver and copper inlaid detailed patchwork on the monastery robe, his nails, and the Wheel of Dharma or dharmachakra on his left hand and right foot. The bronze has a rich buttery patina from long time worshipping and hand touching. 桑杰雅軍喜繞喇嘛 噶舉分枝下達隆寺的第三任主持，曾經迎接來自元朝的第一位元朝國師的八思巴 （1235-1280）འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ་。獨特的方形下巴和邊緣的頭髮，結觸地手印坐在雙 層蓮花座上，紅銅和銀線鑲在袈裟、指甲、左手和右腳上的法輪。銅質經長時間的崇拜 和觸摸形成一個豐富的柔潤質感。
Reference Rossi & Rossi, Homage to the Holy- Portraits of Tibet’s Spiritual Teachers, 2003. pl. 24-5.