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TIBET, XVIEME SIECLE
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                                            STATUE D'ATISHA EN BRONZE 
TIBET, XVIEME SIECLE
Atisha is seated in vajrasana on a lotus base. Both hands are in the dharmacakramudra. He is wearing monastic robes including a patchwork mantle. His cold-gilded face displays a serene expression. The rim of the base has an inscription in dbu.can script providing his name ; sealed.
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
                                        
                                    TIBET, XVIEME SIECLE
Atisha is seated in vajrasana on a lotus base. Both hands are in the dharmacakramudra. He is wearing monastic robes including a patchwork mantle. His cold-gilded face displays a serene expression. The rim of the base has an inscription in dbu.can script providing his name ; sealed.
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high
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                                            Christie's New York, Indian and South East Asia: Images of Transcendence, 23 March 1999, lot 135. 
                                        
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                                            A BRONZE FIGURE OF ATISHA
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