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Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182)16th century

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Artist or Maker
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Title
Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182)
Place Made
Eastern Tibet, a Sakyapa Monastery
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Copper alloy inlaid with silver and copper and with traces of paint
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in. (18.4 x 13.97 x 10.63 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Ed Wiener
Accession Number
M.72.108.3
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Fisher, Robert E. Art of Tibet. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
  • Reedy, Chandra L. Himalayan Bronzes: Technology, Style and Choices. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997.
  • Rhie, Marylin M. and Robert A.F. Thurman. Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet. New York: Tibet House, 1991.
  • Fisher, Robert E. Mystics and Mandalas: Bronzes and Paintings of Tibet and Nepal. Redlands, CA: University of Redlands, 1974.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.