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A COPPER ALLOY STUPA
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.4521
34.5 cm (13 1/2 in.) high
HKD80,000 - 120,000

西藏 十三/十四世紀 銅佛塔

This is a refined example of a type of stupa popular among the
Kadam and Kagyu orders of Tibetan Buddhism. These stupas were
consecrated with the cremated remains of a spiritually-attained
hierarch or with other contents blessed by a lama, making their
presence auspicious. Compare a closely related, larger example
published in Hall (ed.), Tibet: Tradition and Change, Albuquerque,
1997, pp.158-9, pl.79b. Also see Czaja & Proser (eds.), Golden
Visions of Densatil, New York, 2014, pp.172-3, no.45, and Bonhams,
New York 16 March 2021, lot 307.

Provenance
Private Belgian Collection

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