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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