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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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