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A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY A COPPER INLAID BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF A KAGYU LAMA
FIGURE OF A KAGYU LAMA TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
TIBET, 13/14TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.2310
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2315 4 1/2 in. (11.7 cm) high
4 1/4 in. (11 cm) high
US$5,000 - 7,000
US$10,000 - 15,000
西藏 十四世紀 錯紅銅噶舉喇嘛銅像
西藏 十三/十四世紀 錯銀錯紅銅噶舉喇嘛銅像
Published
Images with this figure’s distinctive square jaw and fringe hair are Portraits of the Masters, pp.178-9, no.38.
commonly attributed to Drigungpa Jigten Sumgon Rinchenpel
(lot 3236). For instance, see von Schroeder-Irmhof, Schritte zur Published & Exhibited
Erkenntnis, Zurich, 2006, pp.93-4, no.28. A related example is Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.189, no.143.
published in Huang, Xizhang Dansatisi Lishi Yanjiu, Beijing, 2016,
p.398. Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 24 September, 1997, lot 298
Published
Portraits of the Masters, p.187, no.43.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.186, no.138.

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