A Large Bronze Stupa with Silver and Copper Inlay

TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

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A Large Bronze Stupa with Silver and Copper Inlay
Tibet, 16th Century
The square plinth molded on each side in relief with the guardians of all directions flanked by roundels of their mounts, rising to a three tiered stepped base supporting the domed mid section, decorated with beaded festoons and a drape finely incised with floral scrolls inlaid in silver and copper, with the square harmika and tapered parasols above, inscribed around the base with dedicatory verses ending in Homage to the greatly educated and accomplished Sonam Lodro
19¾ in. (50.1 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Dolpo Lama Sonam Lodro (1516-1581) was from the Dolpo and Mustang area of Western Nepal. He traveled to central Tibet and studied at Ngor Ewam monastery under the famous Lama Ngorchen Konchog Lhundrup. His relics were once interred in this stupa; see D. Snellgrove, Four Lamas of Dolpo, vol. I, 1967, for an in-depth biography of this monk.

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