Silver sculptures – Part 2 (Tibet)

Circa 17th century, Tibet, Ushnishavijaya, silver with stone inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

Made of silver or silver alloy, the following have been published in the ‘Tibet’ section of this blog with photo credits, links, and details (which you can see if you place the curser on the picture).

The page will be updated to include newly posted images.

FEMALE FIGURES

18th century, Tibet, Vajravarahi, silver alloy, private collection, photo by Nagel.

17th century, Tibet, Palden Lhamo, silver with turquoise inlay and pigments, private collection, photo by christie’s.

15th century, Tibet?, Ushnishavijaya, (silver with turquoise and coral inlay on a gilt copper or copper alloy base), private collection, photo on Himalayan Art Resources .

15th century, Tibet, Ushnishavijaya, silver with turquoise, coral on a copper base, private collection, photo by Hanhai auction.

Circa 17th century, Tibet, Ushnishavijaya, silver with stone inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

18th century, Tibet, Ushnishavijaya, copper repoussé with gilt scarf and stone inlay, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

16th-17th century, Tibet, Ushnishavijaya, parcel-gilt silver, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

15th-16th century, Tibet, Machig Labdron, silver on a gilt copper alloy base, turquoise inlay, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

14th century, Central Tibet, Tara and attendants, silver and gilt copper alloy, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (USA).

16th century, Tibet, Tara, silver with stone inlay, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

14th century, Tibet, Vishvamata (labelled Tara), gilt silver with turquoise inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

17th century, Tibet, Sarasvati, published by Ian Alsop, Potala Palace Collection in Lhasa (Tibet).

17th-18th century, Tibet, green Tara, private collection.

18th century, Tibet, Tara, private collection.

15th century, Tibet, Vajravarahi, silver with cold gold, at the Newark Museum

HISTORICAL PEOPLE (MALE)

18th century, Tibet, Padmasambhava, silver alloy, private collection.

18th century, Tibet, Padmasambhava, parcel gilt silver repoussé, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

18th century, Tibet or Mongolia, Padmasambhava, parcel-gilt silver partly cast and partly repoussé, turquoise inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

15th century, Tibet, Padmasambhava, silver inlaid with stones and coral, at the Rubin Museum of Art (USA).

17th century, Tibet, Marpa, silver, private collection, photo on artkhade

15th-16th century, Tibet, Dharmakirti, silver with copper alloy and cold gold, at the Cleveland Museum (USA).

Undated (17th century?), Tibet, silver, private collection, 21621 on HAR.

Circa 15th century, Tibet, Milarepa, parcel gilt silver, gilt copper base, private collection, 68492 on HAR.

14th century, Tibet, Dampa Sangye, bronze with silver inlay, private collection

Undated (Circa 18th century?), Tibet, parcel-gilt silver, private collection, published on Himalayan Art Resources.

18th century, Tibet, lama, silver, private collection.

17th century, Tibet, Dalai Lama 5, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, Huntington Archive.

17th century, Tibet, monk, private collection.

15th century, Tibet, lama, private collection.

15th-16th century, Tibet, Ü, Lhasa area, Rinchen Pel, gilt silver, private collection.

1650-1750, Tibet, 1st Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, Fondation Alain Bordier

14th century, Tibet, lama, at the Tibet Museum in Gruyères (Switzerland).

14th century, Tibet, lama, at the Tibet Museum in Gruyères (Switzerland).

16th century, Tibet, lama, repoussé silver, at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York (USA).

18th century, Tibet, lama, silver repoussé with cold gold and pigments, private collection, photo by Christie’s,

18th century, Tibet, lama, silver, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

15th century, Tibet, Sangye Chospa, silver, at the Sangphu Monastery, published on Himalayan Art Resources.

15th-16th century, Tibet, lama, silver with copper and gold inlay, private collection, photo by Tenzing Asian Art .

Circa 17th-18th century, Tibet, mahasiddha or lama, silver alloy, private collection, photo Cornette de Saint Cyr.

18th century, Tibet, Tsongkhapa, private collection.

17th century, Tibet, Tsongkhapa, silver, private collection, photo by Casa Cambi d’Aste .

18th century, Tibet, panchen lama, silver, private collection, photo by Sotheby’s.

16th century, Tibet, 9th karmapa, private collection.

16th century, Tibet, Karma Pakshi, private collection.

Early 17th century, Tibet, Shamarpa 6, Chökyi Wangchug, silver, private collection, photo by Sotheby’s.

16th-17th century, tibet, Karmapa 6, Thongwa Donden, silver with traces of cold gold, private collection, photo by

18th century, Tibet, karmapa, metal (silver?), private collection.

16th century, Tibet, karmapa, silver, photo on Fondation, at the Tibet Museum in Gruyères (Switzerland).

17th century, Tibet, Karmapa 9, Wangchuk Dorje by Choying dorje, silver, private collection.

16th century, Eastern Tibet, Karmapa 9, Wangchuk Dorje, silver with cold gold and pigment, photo by Albuquerque Museum.

17th century, Tibet, Silver with cold gold, private collection.

SHAKYAMUNI

15th century, Tibet, Shakyamuni, silver with turquoise inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

Undated, Tibet, Shakyamuni, gilt silver, published in Sattvas and Rajas, the Culture and Art of Tibetan Buddhism, 32184 on HAR.

Circa 15th century, Tibet, Shakyamuni, silver, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

18th century, Tibet, eight medicine buddhas, silver, bronze, traces of cold gold and pigment, private collection, photo by Nagel, sale 101.

Probably 15th century, Tibet, Shakyamuni, silver, private collection, photo by Nagel .

13th century, Tibet, crowned buddha Shakyamuni, silver with copper and turquoise inlay, parcel gilt, published by Carlton Rochell

14th century, Tibet, Shakyamuni, silver with copper inlay, private collection, photo by Nagel .

OTHER BUDDHAS

17th-18th century, Tibet, Amitayus, silver with turquoise and coral inlay, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

18th century, Tibet, Amitayus, parcel gilt silver, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

18th century, Tibet, Vajrasattva, silver, private collection, photo by Sotheby’s.

15th century, Southern Tibet, Vajradhara, silver with stone inlay, at the Art Institute of Chicago (USA).

Undated, Tibet, Amitabha, silver, at the Rietberg Museum in Zürich (Switzerland).

BODHISATTVAS

Undated, Tibet, bodhisattva, cast silver, published by Ian Alsop

11th century, Western Tibet, Manjushri, silver, at the Ashmolean Museum (UK)

11th century, Western Tibet, Manjushri, silver alloy with copper inlay, private collection.

15th century, Tibet, Maitreya, private collection.

Circa 17th century, Tibet, Shadakshari Lokeshvara, silver with turquoise inlay on a gilt bronze (copper alloy) lotus base, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

OTHER FIGURES

18th-19th century, Tibet, Jambhala, parcel-gilt silver, private collection.

18th century, Tibet, Jambhala, silver, at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences .

Possibly 17th century, Tibet, (Vajra)daka, silver, private collection., photo AKG

18th century, Tibet, Garwa Nagpo, (labelled ‘Pehar’), silver, private collection, photo by Nagel, sale 101 China 1.

18th century, Tibet, Mahakala, parcel-gilt silver, is or was at the Potala in Lhasa (Tibet).

16th-17th century, Tibet, Chakrasamvara, silver, Fondation Alain Bordier.

15th century, Tibet, Chakrasamvara, silver, Fondation Alain Bordier.

18th century, Tibet, Chakrasamvara, silver, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

Circa 16th century, Tibet, Samvara with consort, silver, private collection, photo by Christie’s.

15th century, Tibet, Chakrasamvara, silver, private collection, photo by Bonhams.

14th century, Tibet, Vajrapani, silver with stone and coral inlay, at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (USA).

17th century, Tibet, Vajrapani, silver, location unknown, photo from the Huntington Archive.

11th-12th century, Tibet, Vajrasphota (Diamond Chain), silver with copper inlay and traces of pigment, copper alloy base and mandorla, Nyingjei Lam collection, published by Himalayan Art Resources.

Circa 15th century, Tibet, Hevajra and consort, silver with gold inlay, private collection, photo by Christie’s .

16th century, Tibet, Mahakala, silver (with cold gold and pigments), private collection, photo by Hardt.

Circa 16th century, Tibet, labelled ‘Mahakala and consort’, silver, private collection, photo on Christie’s.