A Tibetan bronze stupa. 18th/19th century - image-1

Lot 89 Dα

A Tibetan bronze stupa. 18th/19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
24.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 1.000 € - 2.000 €
Result: 4.500 € (incl. premium)

A Tibetan bronze stupa. 18th/19th century

The domed body emerges from two bands of lotus petals, topped by a square shaped mandala and a cone shaped harmika, surmounted by a lotus bud rising from a lotus parasol. Base sealed.
Height 20.5 cm

This stupa form is associated with the Kadampa order, which was introduced to Tibet by its founder Atisha (982-1054).

西藏十八/十九世紀
銅佛塔

來源:德國南部私人收藏,1984年購於德國慕尼黑Ketterer 拍賣

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired in 1984 at Ketterer, Munich