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Short Karmapa Story

A BRONZE STATUE of the 16th KARMAPA,
20 cm high

The Karmapa (honorific title His Holiness the Gyalwa (རྒྱལ་བ་, Victorious One) Karmapa, more formally as Gyalwang (རྒྱལ་དབང་ཀརྨ་པ་, King of Victorious Ones) Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyu (བཀའ་བརྒྱུད, Wylie: bka' brgyud), itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

The historical seat of the Karmapas is Tsurphu Monastery in the Tolung valley of Tibet. The Karmapa's principal seat in exile is the Dharma Chakra Centre at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India. His regional monastic seats are Karma Triyana Dharmachakra in New York and Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in Dordogne, France.

Due to a controversy within the Karma Kagyu school over the recognition process, the identity of the current 17th Karmapa is disputed. See Karmapa controversy for details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmapa_controversy

Terracotta Art: Buddha exploring Life outside the Palace (hoog 63 cm x breed 39 cm)

MIN GYI (their elder son) - MIN LAY (their younger son)
Lacquered teak wood, gold leaf, red and black paint - h. 57 cm. x w. 23 cm.
The two brothers are probably the most powerful spirits in the pantheon, granting wealth to
those they favour. They are also known as the Taung-pyone Brothers for the place where they died, Taung-pyone village, not far from Mandalay, has their main shrine. Their annual festival is at Taung-pyone in September/August and is the biggest Nat festival in Myanmar.

MAHAGIRI NAT
Lacquered teak wood, gold leaf, red and black paint - h. 66 cm. x w. 18 cm.

Sculpture in teak wood covered with lacquer and gold leaf. “The Lord of the Great Mountain”, also called Nga 'I'in De, referring to the time he was only a blacksmith. This wooden carved sculpture was number two on the royal list compiled by Myawaddi, minister under King Bodawpaya (Thagya Min, the great King Indra, being Number 1). He is the main figure of the Ritual of the Thirty Seven Nats. As a standing figure on a pedestal, he is represented wearing the head dress and robes of a minister in the late Konbaung Dynasty. He is holding the fan emblem of his rank in his right hand.

Terracotta Art: Apsara's uit Siem Reap (zijkant in beeld)

Terracotta Art: Apsara's uit Siem Reap (breed 50 cm x hoog 37 cm) op houten sokkel

Brass, Ganesha dancing from Patan, Nepal, 26 cm high