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3242 Sizable, heavily cast, and with no shortage of engaging details, this
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A Kagyu lama showcases the advanced skills of metal casters in the
KAYGU LAMA 13th century. His face realistic, as if observed, and further enhanced
TIBET, 13TH CENTURY by silver inlaid eyes and copper inlaid lips. Raised edges of silver and
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2311 copper in high relief mark the fringes of his patchwork robe, while his
6 3/4 in. (17.5 cm) high inner garment is adorned with finely incised floral motifs. Of further
note are the flexions of his toes and his copper inlaid finger- and
US$30,000 - 50,000 toenails.
西藏 十三世紀 錯銀錯紅銅噶舉喇嘛銅像 Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.180-1, no.39.
Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.171, no.119.
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd, Tibetan Art at Spink, London, 1992, no.25
Sotheby’s, New York, 16/17 September 1998, lot 117
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