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A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A KAGYU LAMA
OF LHATSUN CHOJE TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY Inscription transliterated, ‘Tshe khris nga...bzhugs’.
Inscription translated, ‘Homage to Lhatsun Choje’. Himalayan Art Resources item no.2319
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2317 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) high
5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high
US$4,000 - 6,000
US$15,000 - 20,000
西藏 約十六世紀 噶舉喇嘛銅像
西藏 十五世紀 銅錯銀拉尊曲傑像
Published
While this bronze’s unusual base might suggest an earlier date closer Portraits of the Masters, p.200, no.51.
to the 12th-13th centuries, the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
(tbrc.org) has a record of only one monk with the name of Lhatsun Published & Exhibited
Choje who lived in the 15th century. Lhatsun is a title meaning ‘Royal Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.188, no.142.
Monk’ originating during the chidar (10th-12th centuries).
Provenance
Published Sotheby’s, New York, 24 September 1997, lot 289
Portraits of the Masters, pp.196-7, no.48.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.181, no.130.

Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd, Tibetan Art, London, 1992, no.22.
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 1995, lot 199A.

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