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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A KARMA KAGYU LAMA, POSSIBLY THE SIXTH SHAMARPA, MIPAM CHOKYI WANGCHUK TIBET, 17TH CENTURY image 1
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A KARMA KAGYU LAMA, POSSIBLY THE SIXTH SHAMARPA, MIPAM CHOKYI WANGCHUK TIBET, 17TH CENTURY image 2
Lot 17

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A KARMA KAGYU LAMA,
POSSIBLY THE SIXTH SHAMARPA,
MIPAM CHOKYI WANGCHUK
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

5 October 2020, 17:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

HK$120,000 - HK$160,000

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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A KARMA KAGYU LAMA,
POSSIBLY THE SIXTH SHAMARPA,
MIPAM CHOKYI WANGCHUK

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16848
treasuryoflives.org biography no.2717
BDRC Resource ID P1432
16 cm (6 1/4 in.) high

Footnotes

噶瑪噶舉喇嘛銅像 或為六世夏瑪巴米龐確吉旺楚
西藏 十七世紀

Surviving with a lovely patina, this finely modeled sculpture depicts a middle-aged lama holding a sutra with his left hand in his lap. Meanwhile, his right hand rests on the knee with the index finger touching the thumb. This same, rather unique combination of hand placements is shared by a bronze of the Sixth Shamarpa, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584-1629; see HAR 101652), which strongly suggests the present bronze is another example of his portrait.

The depiction of the voluminous meditation cloak wrapping around the figure's legs with thick folds and spilling over the edge of a rectangular cushion is a popular arrangement in monastic portraits of the 17th century. Compare the treatment of robe an example in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford (HAR 35002).

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New York Art Market, 2008

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