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A SILVER INLAID BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF A PANDIT                           A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A PANDIT
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY                                                      TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2302                                     Himalayan Art Resources item no.2301
6 in. (15.4 cm) high                                                     3 in. (7.5 cm) high

US$7,000 - 10,000                                                        US$1,000 - 1,500

西藏 十四世紀 銅錯銀班智達像                                                          西藏 十三/十四世紀 班智達銅像

Compare the figure’s rounded eyes and c.14th-century broad lotus         Published
petals with a 13th-14th-century figure of Jambhala in Nyingjei Lam       Portraits of the Masters, p.112, no.13.
Collection, published in Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, Hong
Kong, 1999, pp.102-3, pl.18. Also see a bronze Acala published in        Published & Exhibited
Xiong, From the West to the East, Beijing, 2016, p.54-5.                 Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.159, no.105.

Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.112-3, no.14.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.159, no.106.

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