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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A bronze figure of a lama
TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of a lama
Tibet, 16th/17th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his hands held before his chest in dharmachakramudra each holding a lotus stem, dressed in a sanghati incised with a foliate pattern and Tibetan characters, the face with heavy-lidded eyes centered by a raised urna, flanked by lotus blossoms at the shoulders each supporting a diminutive lama and a sword at left and a book at right
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th/17th century
Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his hands held before his chest in dharmachakramudra each holding a lotus stem, dressed in a sanghati incised with a foliate pattern and Tibetan characters, the face with heavy-lidded eyes centered by a raised urna, flanked by lotus blossoms at the shoulders each supporting a diminutive lama and a sword at left and a book at right
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 29 June 1984, lot 459