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                                                                          A GILT AND LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BEGTSE CHEN
MONGOLIA, POSSIBLY DOLONOR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY                           SINO-TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
9Ω in. (23.8 cm.) high                                                    8 in. (20.5 cm.) high

$18,000-25,000                                                            $20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE                                                                PROVENANCE

Acquired by the current owner from Guanghua art market, Taiwan in 1991.   Acquired by the current owner from Guanghua art market, Taiwan in 1991.

PUBLISHED                                                                 PUBLISHED

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no.24305                  Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no.24306
蒙古 可為多倫諾爾派 十八世紀 鎏金銅大紅司命主像                                                 漢藏 十七/十八世紀 鎏金亮漆喇嘛像

Begste Chen (Great Coat of Mail) is the main protector deity associated   This lustrous gilt bronze fgure of a lama gains its unusually warm golden
with the Hayagriva cycle of tantric mediation practice. A painting        patina from a layer of red lacquer under the gilding, a technique prevalent
depicting Begste Chen with his full pantheon is in the collection of the  in Chinese Buddhist art during the Ming dynasty. Compare with a nearly
Rubin Museum of Art (P1998.13.4, HAR item.no.719).                        identical gilt bronze lama, minus the red lacquer, which sold at Christie’s
                                                                          New York on 18 March 2015 for $37,500 (lot 4019).
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