3³⁄₄ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Private collection, acquired in Cape Town, South Africa, late 1960s, by repute.
Bonhams New York, 13 March 2017, lot 3020.

C. Reedy, Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style, and Choices, London, 1997, fig. no. 167.

Pasadena, California, Pacific Asia Museum, "The Arts of Indian Asia," 27 February 1978–25 June 1978 (L4.15.78).
Montecito, California, Lotusland, "Journey to Tibet," 1998.

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Compare with a nearly identical example in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated by P. Pal in The Art of Nepal, Los Angeles, 1982, S28. Also see Gordon, The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism, Tokyo, 1959, p.53. Further comparable examples were sold at Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 1992, lot 224 and Bonhams New York, 16 March 2015, lot 2.

Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 2354.