Lot 70. A gilt-copper alloy figure of a lama, Tibet, circa 16th century; 13.5cm (5 3/8in) high. Estimate £ 3,000-4,000. Sold for £ 22,500 (€ 25,748). © Bonhams.

Seated in lotus position on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, the hands in dharmachakramudra, wearing heavy inner and outer patchwork robes, the smiling face with elongated eyes, his hair cropped short, the base sealed and incised with a double vajra.

Provenance: the Jeannette Claude Jongen collection of Buddhist Art.

Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D'Art Lamaique et de L'Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, p.111, pl.9 (the catalogue is offered as part of the lot).

Note: The treatment of the costume and the hands held in dharmachakra mudra, are associated with images of lamas of the Pagdru Kagyu lineage; see D.Dinwiddie, ed., Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages, Chicago and London, 2003, pp.179-181. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, 12 November 2015