Lot 32
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A GELUGPA LAMA
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 15 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
£630
Description
清 銅鎏金格魯派上師座像
cast seated on a double-lotus throne, right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, left hand rested on knee holding a rosary wrapped around his wrist, wearing a richly decorated robe, his face with large eyes in benevolent expression surmounted by the pandita cap of the Gelug order, the base sealed with a plaque incised with a crossed vajra
Dimensions
24cm high; 4527g
Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, London; formerly in a private Italian collection
Footnote
Note: A copper alloy figure of a Sakya school lama, dated to ca. 16th century, is depicted similarly with this lot with corpulent contours, both hands over his knees with the left hand holding a mala, was sold in Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 Dec 2020, lot 1002