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A gilt bronze figure of a Lama, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 740 - 2 180 EUR
1 830 - 2 280 USD
Hammer price
30 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A gilt bronze figure of a Lama, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Height 15,3 cm.

Provenance

From the Collection of Johan Lilliehöök, a large part of his Collection was formed during his years as a Swedish Envoye in Shanghai in the 1920’s.

More information

Depicting Tsongkapa, the reformer of Tiebetan Buddhism. Seated in dhyanasana on a tiered lotus plinth wearing layered monastic robes embroided wiht a floral hem, hands poised in dharmacakra mudra and grasping two undulating lotus stalks rising upright to support a pustaka and a kahadga flanking the figure.