Lama Tsongkhapa, first Dalai Lama, Tibet.

  • Lama Tsongkhapa, known as Je Rinpoche (1357-1419), founder of the Gelug (“Yellow Hat”) order, incarnation ofAvalokiteshvara and retroactively the first Dalai Lama.
  • Copper alloy, Tibet circa 1900 or earlier.
  • Provenance: Estate of collector and art dealer Claude de Marteau. https://www.thecdmcollection.be/
  • These pieces were sold in his first boutique (Avenue de la Régence in Brussels) in the early days, before his move to the Sablon and then Avenue Molière) in the late 60s.
  • H 17 cm
  • Weight: 822 grams

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