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Portrait of a Lama
Portrait of a Lama

Portrait of a Lama

18th century
Object PlaceChina, for a Tibetan Buddhist temple
Medium/TechniqueGilt brass, pigment, cold gold
DimensionsApproximately 14.0 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. John G. Greene
Accession number57.612
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
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InscriptionsWritten in sanskrit in red pigment on paper that was rolled and found inside the head of the sculpture - date of this discovery unknown but before 1986. Rolled inscription is in a tiny box stored next to the sculputre.Provenance1957, John Gardner Greene, Boston, MA; 1957, gift of Greene to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)