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A COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF A KAGYU HIERARCH This sweet figure of a lama has an avuncular smile. His robust
CENTRAL TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY proportions, patchwork robe, and thick meditation cloak around his
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16895 shoulders are idiomatic of commemorative portraits produced by the
9 cm (3 1/2 in.) high early Kagyu orders of Central Tibet. Like many early Kagyu portraits,
his right hand is in bhumisparsha mudra, following representations
HKD35,000 - 50,000 of their principal lineage holder, Phagmodrupa (1110-70), who was
considered a second Buddha. Compare a 13th-century portrait of
Lama Shang sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 29 November 2016, lot
藏中 約十三世紀 錯紅銅噶舉上師銅像 103, and another one sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, lot
3227.
Provenance
Galerie Slim Bouchoucha, Paris, 1996
Private Collection, Bloomington, Indiana
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