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Palcho Monastery Lamdre Hall: Sakya Pandita

CHINA, Tibet, Gyantse; 14th–17th century; Clay; H: 100 cm
Sakya Pandita, the great scholar of the Sakyas, was the Fourth Patriarch of the Sakya school. He died in 1251. The statue depicts him seated cross-legged on a chair decorated with dragon heads, characteristic of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The figure is shaven headed and dressed in the skillfully carved maroon robes of a monk. The eyes have a concentrated gaze and the hands are held in the Dharmacakra (Dharma wheel) mudra.

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