Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182)

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Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182)

Eastern Tibet, a Sakyapa Monastery, 16th century
Sculpture
Copper alloy inlaid with silver and copper and with traces of paint
7 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in. (18.4 x 13.97 x 10.63 cm)
Gift of Doris and Ed Wiener (M.72.108.3)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Fisher, Robert E. Mystics and Mandalas: Bronzes and Paintings of Tibet and Nepal. Redlands, CA:  University of Redlands, 1974.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Fisher, Robert E. Mystics and Mandalas: Bronzes and Paintings of Tibet and Nepal. Redlands, CA:  University of Redlands, 1974.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Rhie, Marylin M. and Robert A.F. Thurman.  Wisdom and Compassion:  The Sacred Art of Tibet.  New York:  Tibet House, 1991.
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