Tibetan Gold Butter Lamp with Script, Ming Dynasty
A Tibetan 21.6 karat or 90 percent gold butter lamp dating from the Ming dynasty. The stem of the lamp is lobed, and the foot features a two line Tibetan inscription with the date of the lamp. The lamp comes with a copy of lab results certifying its gold content.
The base of the butter lamp features two rows of incised Tibetan text reading:
"In the year of the Iron Dragon, the venerable King Shakya Od made four butter lamps honoring the mandala of Chakrasamvara. Kowtow worship. Made with fifty taels of gold, enshrined."
This lamp appears to have been dedicated by a historical figure named Shakyaprabha or Shakya Od, possibly referring to one of the rulers of the Guge kingdom. Shakya Od was the grandson of king Lobsang Rabtan (d. 1485), and he lived during the latter part of the 15th century and into the early 16th century, ruling from around 1500 to the 1530s. Images of King Shakya Od may survive in frescoes at the Lhakhang Marpo temple near Tsaparang, the royal capital of the Guge kingdom.
上面的一排藏文如下：
藏歷鐵龍年（庚辰年）為供養勝樂金刚壇城而打造的四盞金燈
下面一排藏文分為三小句：
拉尊 釋迦沃
叩頭、膜拜
使用被供奉的五十兩黃金打造
釋迦沃（Shakya Ö）生平
古格王喇欽札巴德（Lobsang Rabtan 洛桑繞丹)的孫子，南傑德的兒子彭措德（Phuntsog De 1409-1480)1424年繼位，將札不讓定為古格的都城。彭措德晚年出家，取法名為釋迦沃，於1480年在札布讓（Tsaparang）城堡頂上的王宮去世。因其在位時弘揚佛法，廣建寺宇，邀請格魯派進古格傳法,在歷史上創造了古格王朝的又一次復興。被世人尊稱為傑尊釋迦沃。 1460年釋迦沃在札布讓王城舉行鐵龍年大法會。
Dimensions are: 3 1/2 inches tall X 3 1/4 inches wide, 8.9 cm X 8.3 cm. Weight: 414.44 grams. All measurements are approximate.
Condition: It is in good condition with minor age wear.
Provenance: From the collection of Mr. Williams in Texas. Mr. Williams has more than 50 years of collecting experience in Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, and the Central Plains of China. He has participated in sales around the world including in Hong Kong and throughout Tibet and Europe. This lot was purchased from Hong Kong in the 1970s. A similar gold Tibetan butter lamp, but lacking an inscription and dating to the modern period, is housed in the Sichuan Museum, and it can be seen in "Selected Cultural Relics of The Sichuan Museum," (Beijing: Beijing Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2009), page 281. A similar gold Tibetan butter lamp can also be found in the Tibet Museum in Lhasa.
High resolution images can be found here.
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A Tibetan 21.6 karat or 90 percent gold butter lamp dating from the Ming dynasty. The stem of the lamp is lobed, and the foot features a two line Tibetan inscription with the date of the lamp. The lamp comes with a copy of lab results certifying its gold content.
The base of the butter lamp features two rows of incised Tibetan text reading:
"In the year of the Iron Dragon, the venerable King Shakya Od made four butter lamps honoring the mandala of Chakrasamvara. Kowtow worship. Made with fifty taels of gold, enshrined."
This lamp appears to have been dedicated by a historical figure named Shakyaprabha or Shakya Od, possibly referring to one of the rulers of the Guge kingdom. Shakya Od was the grandson of king Lobsang Rabtan (d. 1485), and he lived during the latter part of the 15th century and into the early 16th century, ruling from around 1500 to the 1530s. Images of King Shakya Od may survive in frescoes at the Lhakhang Marpo temple near Tsaparang, the royal capital of the Guge kingdom.
上面的一排藏文如下：
藏歷鐵龍年（庚辰年）為供養勝樂金刚壇城而打造的四盞金燈
下面一排藏文分為三小句：
拉尊 釋迦沃
叩頭、膜拜
使用被供奉的五十兩黃金打造
釋迦沃（Shakya Ö）生平
古格王喇欽札巴德（Lobsang Rabtan 洛桑繞丹)的孫子，南傑德的兒子彭措德（Phuntsog De 1409-1480)1424年繼位，將札不讓定為古格的都城。彭措德晚年出家，取法名為釋迦沃，於1480年在札布讓（Tsaparang）城堡頂上的王宮去世。因其在位時弘揚佛法，廣建寺宇，邀請格魯派進古格傳法,在歷史上創造了古格王朝的又一次復興。被世人尊稱為傑尊釋迦沃。 1460年釋迦沃在札布讓王城舉行鐵龍年大法會。
Dimensions are: 3 1/2 inches tall X 3 1/4 inches wide, 8.9 cm X 8.3 cm. Weight: 414.44 grams. All measurements are approximate.
Condition: It is in good condition with minor age wear.
Provenance: From the collection of Mr. Williams in Texas. Mr. Williams has more than 50 years of collecting experience in Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, and the Central Plains of China. He has participated in sales around the world including in Hong Kong and throughout Tibet and Europe. This lot was purchased from Hong Kong in the 1970s. A similar gold Tibetan butter lamp, but lacking an inscription and dating to the modern period, is housed in the Sichuan Museum, and it can be seen in "Selected Cultural Relics of The Sichuan Museum," (Beijing: Beijing Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2009), page 281. A similar gold Tibetan butter lamp can also be found in the Tibet Museum in Lhasa.
High resolution images can be found here.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONLINE BIDDING WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THIS LOT, TO BID ON THIS LOT PLEASE CONTACT OAKRIDGE'S ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AT accounting@oakridgeauctiongallery.com TO ARRANGE TO PLACE A BID.
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