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9. Bonpo Lama Tibet ca. 1600 bronze 5 3/4 inches tall |
 Detail: 3/4 view looking right This figure of a Lama is very likely of a Bonpo Lama, and is probably from an area near the far western Nepal/Tibet border. The unusual many-peaked crown is typically found in depictions of Bonpo hieracrchs. It has been suggested that the Lama depicted is Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen (b. 1077), the first of the 33 abbots of Menri. (mNyam.pa. dMed. Shes.rab rGyan.mtsan) Detail: close up |
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