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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

Seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his hands in Seated in dhyanasana over a double-lotus base with his hands
dharmachakramudra with lotuses blossoming at the shoulders indharmachakramudra, wearing a vest with fnely incised lapel under
supporting a sword and book, clad in voluminous heavy robes, fowing robes, fanked on either side by a lotus bearing a sword and
the face with jovial cheeks, petite ears and receding hairline, a manuscript, the face with petite features and large ears, with remains
lengthy inscription on the verso, the base sealed and incised with of cold gold and polychromy on face and neck
a double-vajra 5æ in. (14.5 cm.) high
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London, acquired by 2007
Private collection, UK, acquired from Sotheby’s London, 22-23
October 1992, lot 317 PUBLISHED:

PUBLISHED: Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23959

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23960

The inscription translates to:
This life and the next, until attain the state of Buddhahood,

I 4re4main at the feet of Guru, may never separate from my Guru.