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3276                                                                  3277
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF LOWO KENCHEN                                 A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
SONAM LHUNDRUP                                                        LOWO KENCHEN SONAM LHUNDRUP
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY                                                   TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Inscription translated, ‘Homage! I, the Buddhist monk Sonam Pelzang   Himalayan Art Resources item no.2333
with my entourage, prostrate and take refuge in Jamyang Sonam         5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high
Lhundrup. Please grace us with great love! Good Fortune!’.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2332                                  US$10,000 - 15,000
6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) high
                                                                      西藏 十六世紀 銅錯銀羅俄索南倫珠像
US$20,000 - 30,000
                                                                      Published
西藏 十六世紀 羅俄索南倫珠銅像                                                      Portraits of the Masters, pp.272-3, no.77.

The larger of the three Sonam Lhundrups within the Portraits of the   Published & Exhibited
Masters Collection, a similar example was sold at Sotheby’s, London,  Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.207, no.175.
13 June 1980, lot 30.

Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.270-1, no.76.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.205, no.171.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 30 November 1994, lot 203

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