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A BRASS ALLOY STUPA A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GELUG LAMA
TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796)
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61675 Himalayan Art Resources item no.61656
11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.) high 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.) high

HK$25,000 - 35,000 HK$150,000 - 250,000

西藏 約十三世紀 銅質佛塔 乾隆時期（1735-1796） 銅鎏金格魯派喇嘛像

In Tibet, stupas (chortens) are used to store the cremated remains This lama wears a peaceful expression and a distinctive hat
of spiritually attained lamas. Stupas are also created as part of an associated with important political leaders of the Gelug school of
offering to monasteries that generates karmic merit for a donor. The Tibetan Buddhism. Three individuals are primarily identified wearing
lama blesses and consecrates the interior, vivifying it, and making it: the 1st (4th) Panchen Lama Chokyi Gyaltsen, as well as regents of
it auspicious. The present early stupa form was popular among the Mongolia, Jetsun Dampa, and Changkya Rolpai Dorje. Compare with
Kadam and Kagyu orders of Tibetan Buddhism, and its smooth, three closely related examples in the Phoenix Art Museum (Buddhist
buttery patina indicates significant age. Bronzes from Mongolia, Flagstaff, 1969, pls.56-8), and another sold at
Bonhams, San Francisco, 27 June 2017, lot 8001.
Provenance
Peter Fussel, London, late 1960s Provenance
Ernest Ohly Gallery, London, 1972

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