Seated on a wide cushion, his legs covered by the garment, his right hand is raised in vitarka mudra, while his left rests in dhyana mudra. He wears layered, richly folded garments that leave his right arm uncovered. The textiles, including the cushion and its cover, are finely decorated with incised ornaments. The face is cold-gilt and repainted in the modern period. Baseplate. Only a small number of similar portraits is known, all uninscribed. It appears that two masters, Lobsang Ch?kyi Gyaltsen, the 4th Panchen Lama, and Lobsang Yeshe, the 5th Panchen Lama, are often confused. In sculpture, both are frequently depicted with identical body and hand positions, as well as very similar facial features. Evidently, the face of Lobsang Yeshe tends to be more elongated, although in thangka painting he is also shown holding an alms bowl (Donald Dinwiddie, Heather Stoddard, Portraits of the Masters, Chicago 2003, p. 316).
Height 24.2 cm
Important private collection, Switzerland
Cf. another portrait of Lobsang Yeshe in: Donald Dinwiddie, Heather Stoddard, Portraits of the Masters, Chicago 2003, p. 324, no. 91; further similar portraits at Lempertz, auction 1053, 3.6.2015, lot 458 and in: Buddhist Statues of Tibet, the Complete Collection of the Palace Museum (Beijing), Hong Kong 2003, p. 201, no. 192

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