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A gilt-bronze seated figure of a Lama, presumably Second Khalka Jetsun Dampa, Mongolia, presumably 18th Century.
A gilt-bronze seated figure of a Lama, presumably Second Khalka Jetsun Dampa, Mongolia, presumably 18th Century.
Height 11,6 cm.
Wear to gilding. Small repairs to base.
Literature
Compare: Lipton, Barbara & Ragnubs, Nima D., Treasures of Tibetan Art, Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, p 86-87.
More information
The Khalka Jetsun Dampas were the secular and spiritual leaders of Mongolia. The second one (Lobzang Tenpay Donme, 1724-1757), studied in Beijing, and also in Lhasa with the Seventh Dalai Lama. He died before his studies were completed at age thirty-three. In order to foster peaceful relations with Mongolia, the Emperors of the Qing dynasty maintained quarters for the Jetsun Dampas in Beijing and Chengde (Jehol).
