.jpg?w=1)
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of a Kagyu lama
Tibet, 15th century
Seated on an antelope skin over a lotus base with beaded rims, holding a skullcup in one hand, wearing a voluminous robe with incised borders and a copper sash, the face with inlaid silver and copper eyes surmounted by a Drugpa Kagyu hat inset with copper, an extensive inscription below
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th century
Seated on an antelope skin over a lotus base with beaded rims, holding a skullcup in one hand, wearing a voluminous robe with incised borders and a copper sash, the face with inlaid silver and copper eyes surmounted by a Drugpa Kagyu hat inset with copper, an extensive inscription below
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired in London by 1999
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources, www.himalayanart.org, item no. 66757