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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 328

A COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF A LAMA WITH COPPER INLAY, TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM A RHODE ISLAND COLLECTION
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A LAMA WITH COPPER INLAY
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

Height 3 ⅜ in. (8.6 cm)

the lama seated in dhyanasana with the right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and the left resting in his lap, wearing an elaborate
patchwork robe of an ordained monk, with a calm expression, seated on a double-based lotus throne decorated with incised
Tibetan inscriptions

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13732.

Provenance
Acquired in India, circa 1960s, thence by descent

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