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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF KUNZANG AKOR Powerfully modeled with a robust body and confident expression,
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY this charismatic figure represents the Bon deity Kunzang Akor, “the
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61924 All-Good, Cycle of A”. According to Watt, numerous traditions of ritual
7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) high cycles and meditation practices for Kunzang Akor exist, and sculptural
representations of the deity are also created as memorials. Compare
$25,000 - 35,000 to another gilt bronze Kunzang Akor with similar rounded forms, pointy
arm bands and lotus petal type in the Los Angeles County Museum of
西藏 十四世紀 銅鎏金貢桑阿闊像 Art (M.83.191).
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