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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. JOHN MANN SOLD
TO BENEFIT THE CENTER OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

A GILT BRONZE REPOUSSE SEATED LAMA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13110.
the lama with pointed cap, wearing embroidered silk robes,
the right hand raised in vitarka mudra and the palm incised
with a lotus, the right hand holding a long-life vase, seated in
vajraparyankasana on a lotus throne, with a rounded base with
a foliate motif
Height 6¼ in., 15.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Rudi Oriental Arts, New York City, 1960s.

$ 2,000-3,000

大啷ġġġ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹⡻剙⮲侭⛸⁷

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A GILT BRONZE BASE FRAGMENT
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13422.
the fragment with bull and supine gure on a single-lotus
throne with raised pearls, the bull wearing a jeweled girdle, with

erce horns and protruding tongue, lain atop a supine gure
with arms wrapped around the bull’s torso
Height 2¾ in., 7.3 cm

$ 1,000-1,500

大啷ġ⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭挷慹忈⁷⸽⹏㭀悐

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW JERSEY COLLECTION

A BRONZE STUPA
TIBET, 20TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13423.
the stupa with pointed nial, with ared parasol and bulbous
spire, with tiered steps atop a cylindrical bumpa, atop a
double-lotus throne base with incised scrolling motif
Height 8¼ in., 20.7 cm

$ 500-750

大啷ġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ戭ἃ⟼

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