STUPA DU MAHAPARINIRVANA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE... Lot n° 2

STUPA DU MAHAPARINIRVANA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE TIBET, XIIIE/XIVE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4637 29 cm (11 3/8 in.) high Footnotes: A COPPER ALLOY MAHAPARINIRVANA STUPA TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY 西藏 十三/十四世紀 大般涅磐銅佛塔 Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s This bell-shaped reliquary is also known as a Kadampa stupa in connection with the Kadam school, whose founder, Atisha (982-1054), reputedly introduced this stupa to Tibet from his homeland of Bengal during the 11th century. Compare a related, larger example published in Hall (ed.), Tibet: Tradition and Change, Albuquerque, 1997, pp. 158-9, pl. 79b. Also see Czaja & Proser (eds.), Golden Visions of Densatil, New York, 2014, pp. 172-3, no. 45; and Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2001, lot 149, and another in the Museum Der Kulturen, Basel (HAR 3314712) and Bonhams, New York, 16 March 2021, lot 307. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Good condition overall, with one inset missing. There is a thin layer of dust and smoky black residue from exposure to temple lamps within the culture. Base plate is missing. Please contact Sidney Lee (sidney.lee@bonhams.com) for related condition report images.