Page 62 - Bonhams Presencer Buddhist Art Collection Oct. 2 2018
P. 62
145
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A LAMA
TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61621
11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) high
HK$150,000 - 250,000
西藏 約十六世紀 銅鎏金喇嘛像
As monastic practitioners of Vajrayana Buddhism, centuries of Tibetan
lamas aspired to the exemplary Indian mahasiddhas identified at the
root of their respective schools. The historic individual here has been
commemorated through Tibet’s unique practice of portrait sculpture.
Whereas some are remembered as great scholars, educators, or
political leaders, this lama has the furrowed brow of one renown for his
tantric mastery. This is also indicated by the eccentric mudra of one
raised finger in his lap. See Christie’s, New York, 20 March 2002, lot 85
for a small lama with a similar head and treatment of the robes.
Provenance
James Keggie, London, late 1960s
60 | BONHAMS
