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A SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF
PADMASAMBHAVA
BHUTAN, CIRCA 1800

Seated on an openwork lotus base with inscription, holding a vajra in
his right hand and a kapala in his left, dressed in fowing robes with
ornately incised hems and copper inlay, face with silver-inlaid eyes
and a teardrop urna fanked by large pendant earrings topped by a tall
crown, centered with the sun and crescent moon
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired in New York, 25
January 1985

PUBLISHED:

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24071

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Seated in lotus position on a lotus base, his hands holding the stems
of lotus blossoms which fank his shoulders, dressed in a billowing
robe, his gentle expression surmounted by a foliate tiara, backed by a
jeweled and faming nimbus
3Ω in. (9 cm.) high

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985

PUBLISHED:

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24072
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