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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 339

A GILT COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF CHANGKYA ROLPAI DORJE, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

PROPERTY OF A SWEDISH COLLECTION
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHANGKYA ROLPAI DORJE
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Height 6 ⅜ in. (16.2 cm)

the Changkya Hutuku seated on a brocaded cushion embellished with a sash, with right hand in vitarka mudra, wearing robes
incised with a lotus pattern and the distinctive hat associated with the Geluk hierarchs, the right side of the face showing the
distinctive congenital bump of the master

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13724.

Provenance
Private Collection, Stockholm
Ulla Nordström Private Collection, Ostindiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, 1979
Lars Bonsse Collection, Stockholm, 2001
Claes Engberg Collection, Båstad, 2018

Catalogue Note
The Changkya Hutuktu is associated with the Mongolian Geluk lineage, the primary seat located in Chamgkya in Kham in Eastern
Tibet. Rolpai Dorje was recognized as the reincarnation of Ngawang Losang Choden (1642-1714), the previous Changkya Hutuktu

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