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A gilt copper alloy figure of Pehar A gilt copper alloy figure of a Pehar
Mongolia or China, 18th century Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
Finely cast, the worldly protector balancing on a finely incised saddle Balanced on a caparisoned lion, with radiating arms and adorned
cloth over a robust lion with a thick flowing mane, his radiating arms with jewelry of inset semi-precious stones, his three faces with fierce
outstretched around his three faces with fierce expressions and wearing a expressions and surmounted by wearing a cymbal-shaped hat; with
cymbal-shaped hat (tipshu) incised on the brim. remaining polychromy on the faces and hair of the Pehar and his mount.
6 in. (15.2 cm) high 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000 $1,500 - 2,500

Defined as the ‘activity’ aspect (Thinley gyi Gyalpo) this is the most Provenance:
common form of the Worldly Protector from the Nyingma tradition. Private New England Collection, acquired in 1970s
Compare with another in Gordon, The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism,
New York, 1972, p. 93. 26
A thangka of a Worldly Protector
Provenance: Tibet, 18th century
Private New York Collection, acquired in the early 1980s Distemper on cloth; holding a dorje and mala, dressed in intricate gold
patterned robes, mounted on a mountain goat, and with right hand
outstretched holding a vajra, numerous wrathful dakinis dance around
him and Dorje Setrap, Drahla and a red hat lama seated at the apex.
Image: 24 x 17 1/4 in. (60.8 x 43.8 cm)
$5,000 - 8,000

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