Third Karmapa
Gilt copper alloy
Third Karmapa
CHINA; Ming dynasty
Rangjung Dorje is also known as the Third Karmapa, who was the third head of the Karma Kagyu school. He is portrayed wearing the black hat associated with the Karmapas, which he reportedly produced spontaneously at the age of three. The stylized slim eyebrows join the bridge of the nose in a face that appears young. He is seated in full lotus position on a traditional lotus throne and wears monastic robes. Both hands hang over the thighs, their middle fingers touching the floor.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1206.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Third Karmapa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1206.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Third Karmapa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1206.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Third Karmapa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1206).
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