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48                                                                      A similar 18th-century portrait identified by inscription as the Great
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GELUGPA LAMA                            Fifth Dalai Lama is published in Gordon, Tibetan Religious Art, New
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century                                            York, 1952, p. 68, no. 66. Another closely related portrait with similar
Seated on a double-cushion platform, enveloped in his robes and         robes, hat, and patch of hair under the bottom lip is in the Hwajeong
wearing a tall pandita hat, the hierarch holds a sutra and gestures in  Museum (Hahn, Art of Tibet, Seoul, 1999, p. 132, no. 103). See
the manner of explication.                                              another in the Taido Kitamura Collection (Tibetan Sacred Art, Kyoto,
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high                                                1992 p. 138, S-123).
$10,000 - 15,000
藏漢 十八世紀 銅鎏金格魯派喇嘛像                                                       Referenced
                                                                        HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33007
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                                                                        Provenance
                                                                        Private Californian Collection, acquired before 1960
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