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A copper-alloy figure of Padmasambhava Tibet/Bhutan, ca. 18th-19th century | 西藏/不丹 約十八至十九世紀 銅合金蓮花生坐像

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June 16, 02:39 PM GTNN

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

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Property from a European private collects ion

A copper-alloy figure of Padmasambhava

Tibet/Bhutan, ca. 18th-19th century


(2)

22 cm, 8 5/8 in.

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collects ion particulière européenne

Statuette de Padmasambhava en alliage de cuivre, Tibet/Bhoutan, vers XVIIIe-XIXe siècle

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歐洲私人收藏

西藏/不丹 約十八至十九世紀 銅合金蓮花生坐像

Galerie 41, Monaco, 15th February 2010. 

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Galerie 41,摩納哥,2010年2月15日

Compare a Padmasambhava in the British Museum, see Zwalf, ed., Buddhism: Art and Faith, London, 1985, p. 136, pl. 188. The elaborate lobed petals of the lotus pedestal are commonly associated with Bhutanese sculpture, see Bartholomew and Johnston, eds., The Dragons’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan, Chicago, 2008, p. 201, cat. no. 24.