Lot 1104
1104
A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA

TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
17 3⁄4 in. (45 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Christie's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 20 March 2002, lot 81

Lot Essay

The rotund monk well cast seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with his hands incised with chakras in the gesture of teaching, wearing voluminous robes with incised lotus and cloud scroll bands, his face in a genial expression with wide-open eyes, smiling lips and cropped hairstyle.

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