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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A RARE SILVER PORTRAIT OF THE SIXTH
SHAMARPA, CHÖKYI WANGCHUK
Tibet, early 17th Century

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13426.
Height: 4⅞ in. (12.5 cm)
PROVENANCE
Bukowskis Stockholm, 13-16 December 1988.
LITERATURE
K. Debreczeny, The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of
the Tenth Karmapa, New York, 2012, pp. 66-67, g. 2.1.
H. Uebach and J. L. Panglung, “A Silver Portrait of the 6th
Źwa-dmar Karma-pa (1584-1630)”, in B. Kellner et al. eds.
Pramanakirtih: Papers Dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on
the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, Vol. II, Vienna, 2007,
p. 975-988.
ᅮ$ 400,000-600,000

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