A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF A KAGYU HIERARCH
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY Himalayan Art Resources item no.16844 10 cm (3 7/8 in.) high
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錯銀錯紅銅噶舉上師銅像 西藏 十三/十四世紀 Stylistically, this silver and copper inlaid bronze of a senior lama is of a type produced by the early Kagyu orders of Central Tibet in the 13th and 14th centuries. The lama is wrapped in a heavy meditation cloak, seated upon a large double cushion. His right forearm rests on his leg while his fingers are lifted in a gesture of appeasement. The back of his robe has tight vertical folds, a common stylistic convention of the Karma?Kagyu lineages during this period. A close stylistic point of comparison from the Portraits of the Masters' Collection was sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, Lot 3250. Provenance Gennady Leonov, London, 2007