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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF THE SEVENTH DALAI A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GELUG LAMA
LAMA, KELSANG GYATSO TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.2282
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2281 3 1/8 in. (8 cm) high
3 7/8 in. (10 cm) high
US$10,000 - 15,000
US$3,000 - 5,000
西藏 十八世紀 銅鎏金格魯喇嘛像
清朝 十八世紀 銅鎏金七世達賴喇嘛格桑嘉措像
Published
Richly gilded with well defined features, this small portrait honors the Portraits of the Masters, pp.314-5, no.88.
Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso (1708-1757) who led the Gelug
order at a time of tremendous prosperity, established as the political Published & Exhibited
leaders of Tibet with the imperial patronage of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.216, no.187.
and Qianlong emperors. The incarnate line of the Dalai lamas started
from Gendun Drup (1391-1474), a close disciple of Tsongkhapa Provenance
and founder of Tashilunpo monastery. During the life of his third Sotheby’s, New York, 24 September, 1997, lot 299
incarnation, Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588), the name Dalai was given to
the lineage, meaning “ocean of wisdom”.

Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.314-5, no.87.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.220, no.194.

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