Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa Wisdom Shrine: Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen
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Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa Wisdom Shrine: Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen
CHINA, Tibet, Gyantse
This sculpture is believed to depict Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen, who organized the restoration of Shalu Monastery in 1306. The figure has short hair and an alert face, and is depicted wearing a red and orange monk’s attire. Sitting cross-legged on an ornate lotus throne with hands hanging over the knees in a mudra, this statue is vividly individualized, compared to other historical figures in the Palcho Monastery.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 799.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa Wisdom Shrine: Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 799.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa Wisdom Shrine: Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:799.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Palcho Monastery Kumbum Stupa Wisdom Shrine: Kunzang Drakpa Gyaltsen. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 799).
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