A COPPER AND SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF CHOKYI PALSANG TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURYA COPPER AND SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF CHOKYI PALSANGTIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURYInscribed at the back of the base: dga dbang chos kyi dpal bzang la na moHimalayan Art Resources item no. 90814 5 in. (12.8 cm) high西藏 十五/十六世紀 錯銀錯紅銅確吉帕桑銅像This sculpture is identified by an inscription at the back as Chokyi Palsang, a revered Tibetan translator of Indian Buddhist texts who was active during the Second Diffusion of the Faith around the 11th and 12th centuries (Chidar) (Roerich, The Blue Annals, from Gö Lotsawa, 1979, pp. 160–72; 706). The glossy smooth skin of the figure suggests its constant handling and veneration over the centuries. Precious inlaid silver is used to highlight both his long white beard and his eyes while reddish copper is inlaid onto his monastic vest. These features are similarly shared with two other brass images with silver and copper inlays, one from the Bachmann and Eckenstein Collection (HAR 74939) and another from the John and Berthe Ford Collection in the Walters Art Museum, published in Pal, Desire and Devotion, 2001, p. 305, no. 179. Also compare his unusually long outer robe flowing over the lotus base to a portrait of Khetsun Zangpo Gyaltsen, published by Rossi & Rossi, Homage to the Holy, 2003, no. 41. Published: David Weldon & Jane Casey, Faces of Tibet: The Wesley and Carolyn Halpert Collection, Carlton Rochell Ltd., New York, no. 41.Provenance:The Wesley and Carolyn Halpert CollectionSotheby's, New York, 24 March 2004, lot 73The Rapoport Collection, New York