A White Marble Seal

18TH CENTURY

清中期漢白玉“淨修禪師之印”法印
the mottled white stone carved to thick square section, the underside with inscription in three languages, the top handled carved and incised as a tapered finial. Possibly the seal of Chokyi Gyatso (曲吉嘉措, 1680-1736), the second abbot of Kumbum Champa Ling (塔尔寺第二任法台), given by Emperor Yongzheng in year 1732.

此印满文篆“淨修禪師”，汉字篆“淨修禪師”，藏文篆“曲吉嘉措”，当为清代青海地区藏传佛教活佛、塔尔寺第二任法台曲吉嘉措（1680-1736）的法印。雍正元年，塔尔寺因反清被年羹尧兵焚毁。雍正十年奉旨重修，改名佑宁寺。雍正十二年曲吉嘉措赴京朝觐，封为“淨修禅师”，给予敕印，极可能就是此印。

Height 2 1/4 x width 3 1/8 in., 5.8 x 7.8 cm.

Acquired from Taylor's Auctions, UK, May 4, 2019.

Collection of a Scottish gentleman, acquired in Hong Kong in the 1970s.

沙坑沁
There are many old chips and cracks throughout the seal. Larger area of loss on the side and smaller chips on the finial, along the top and bottom edges, and the corners.

For more information of Chokyi Gyatso (1680-1736), please refer to:
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