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Property From The India House Collection
                  New York (Lots 401-405)




                  PROPERTY FROM THE INDIA HOUSE CLUB COLLECTION, NEW YORK
                  402
                  A COPPER- AND SILVER- INLAID BRONZE FIGURE      西藏   十三/十四世紀  銅錯紅銅及銀喇嘛坐像
                  OF A LAMA
                  TIBET, 13TH-14TH CENTURY                        來源:
                                                                  Willard D. Straight (1880-1918年) 珍藏,入藏於1914年前。
                  5√ in. (14.9 cm.) high
                  $6,000-8,000
                  PROVENANCE:
                  Willard D. Straight (1880-1918) Collection, acquired prior to 1914.
                  LITERATURE:
                  Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24656.
                  The  present  bronze  likely  depicts  an  important  early  lama  from  a
                  period  when  Buddhism  was  flourishing  and  expanding  in  Tibet.  The
                  elaborate  use  of  precious-metal  inlays  suggests  it  was  an  important
                  commission. The curved edges of the shirt the figure wears beneath
                  his robe are telling of the period of origin, as square-edged shirts
                  become the standard from the fourteenth century on. The quality of
                  this casting is especially evident in the hems of his patchwork robe and
                  shirt, and in eyes and lips, all of which are inlaid with strips of silver and
                  incised  copper.  The  meditation  cape,  with  its  incised  foliate  pattern,
                  and the individually incised hair on the top of the head are also artfully
                  implemented. Compare the present lot with a similarly-dated gilt-bronze
                  figure of a lama sold at Christie's New York, 11 September 2018, lot 359
                  for $15,000.






































                                                             A gilt-bronze figure of a Lama; Tibet, 13th-14th century; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high;
                                                             sold, Christie’s New York, 11 September 2018, for $15,000.
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