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A SILVERED COPPER FIGURE OF THE LAMA RGYAL.DBANG.CHOS.GI.RJE Tibet, 16th/ 17th c. H. 11 cm Seated with legs crossed on the lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing various monastic garments including underskirt and a mantle covering both shoulders, both engraved with various musters, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge and his head topped with the specific bonnet, an inscription at the reverse of the base giving his name, unsealed. Important German private collection of Tibetan art, acquired from the collection of Helmut Uhlig (1922 - 1997) in the 1980s - Minor damages due to age and wear
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A SILVERED COPPER FIGURE OF THE LAMA RGYAL.DBANG.CHOS.GI.RJE
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