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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BARONESS EVA BESSENYEY
(LOTS 601-640 AND LOTS 719-724)
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A SILVER-AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE Milarepa is depicted in his classic pose, holding his
FIGURE OF MILAREPA hand to his ear as if listening to the ‘echoes of nature,’
TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY alluding to his gift as a singer and poet. Seated in
4¿ in. (10.5 cm.) high
lalitasana on a double-lotus base, holding a skull cup in
$20,000-30,000 his left hand and with his right hand raised to his ear,
his face slightly tilted in a benign expression, the eyes
and lips inlaid in silver, Milarepa dons a copper-inlaid
PROVENANCE yogic band across his right shoulder. The masterfully-
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2002, lot 94
inlaid metals of Eastern-Indian origin took a frm hold
in Tibetan sculptural styles and remained popular
through the sixteenth century.
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24472.
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