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A SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE The present fgure’s proper-right hand, cupped
FIGURE OF MILAREPA behind his ear, identifes him as the Buddhist saint,
TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY Milarepa, whose melodious enlightened verses
4º in. (10.8 cm.) high echoed through the Tibetan landscape. Silver-
inlaid eyes capture an alert attitude cultivated
$20,000-30,000
through years of meditation. His modest cotton
robe, decorated with a simple motif and a copper-
PROVENANCE inlaid meditation strap, is reminiscent of Indian
Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 2003, lot 72
textiles and metalwork. All of these details are
shared by an example published in Art Sacré
Du Tibet: Collection Alain Bordier, Paris, 2013, p.
173, fg. 87. The present sculpture is inscribed
in Tibetan Uchen script with the following: This
sculpture of Milarepa was erected in reverence by
Sanggye Zangmo for the accomplishment of the
practitioner Sogyel Sanggye.
(detail of inscription)
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org),
item no. 12204.
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