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                                                                                   A BRONZE STUPA

                                                                                         TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
                                                                                             8 in. (20 cm.) high
                                                                                             $4,000-6,000

                                                                                                                                           PROVENANCE

                                                                                             Private Collection, California, 1980s.
                                                                                             Acquired by the current owner from the above in 2016.

                                                                                                                                           PUBLISHED

                                                                                             Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no.24289
                                                                                   西藏 十三/十四世紀 銅佛塔

                                                                                             This distinctive type of stupa, which is characteristic of the Kadampa Buddhist
                                                                                             sect, is associated with the great religious leader, Atisha, who disseminated
                                                                                             Buddhism throughout the Himalayas in the 11th century. This form is said
                                                                                             to be based on a stupa he carried, and remains consistent through the 15th
                                                                                             century. Stupas of this size were often made for commemorative purposes, and
                                                                                             may contain the remains or relics of a religious fgure. The present example
                                                                                             is unopened and may have its contents intact. For a similar example in the
                                                                                             Zimmerman Collection, see P. Pal, Art of the Himalayas, 1991, cat. no. 55.

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     THREE GILT SILVER BUTTER LAMPS
     TIBET, 19TH CENTURY OR LATER
     5Ω in. (14 cm.), the smallest
     8Ω in. (21.5 cm.), the largest

     $5,000-7,000

     PROVENANCE

     Private Collection, California, 1980s.
     Acquired by the current owner
     from the above in 2016.

     PUBLISHED

     Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
     item no.24290

     西藏 十九世紀後 鎏金銀酥油燈三件

     Placed on an altar with various sacred oferings,
     butter lamps are an essential part of Buddhist
     ritual worship. For a close example of the form,
     without the gilding, see V. Reynolds, From the
     Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art form the
     Newark Museum, 1999, p.147, pl.67.

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