A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA

TIBETO-CHINESE, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Seated on a lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, his left hand holding an inscribed text, covered in voluminous robes elaborately incised with a foliate pattern and a double-vajra centered on the reverse, his round face with a gentle expression, the base sealed and incised with a double-vajra
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Denmark, by 1976, acquired between 1936 - 1946
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23554
Sale room notice
The correct circa date for this lot is 16th/17th Century.

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Lot Essay

This beautiful portrait of a Tibetan teacher represents the centuries-old tradition of producing Buddhist effigies of important and beloved historical figures. A superb example of bronze work from the sixteenth/seventeenth-century, special attention has been paid to the figure's intricately incised robes, which convey an ornately patterned textile. For a work with similar incising, see a sixteenth-century sculpture from the Berti Aschmann Foundation (H. Uhlig, On the Path to Enlightenment, 1995, pp.189-190, fig.133).

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