LOT 37 A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BON DEITY TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BON DEITYTIBET, 16TH CENTURY51⁄2 in. (14 cm.)Details51⁄2 in. (14 cm.)LiteratureHimalayan Art Resources, item no. 24824.The lack of iconographic references within the pantheon of Buddhist deities suggests that this statue likely depicts a deity from Bon, the indigenous religious tradition of Tibet. Compare the iconography of the present work with a gilt bronze figure of Kunzang Akor, the meditational form of Shenlha Okar, one of the Four Transcendent Lords central to Bon tradition, sold at Bonhams New York, 19 March 2019, lot 959. For another closely related example, see S. Karmay and J. Watt, Bon: The Magic Word, 2007, p. 50, fig. 38. ---
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