STATUETTE D'UN PANCHEN LAMA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉTIBET, XVIIIE SIÈCLEInscribed along the back and sides of the base, translated: 'Panchen Rinpoche'.Himalayan Art Resources item no. 48828.5 cm (3 3/8 in.) highProvenance: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A PANCHEN LAMATIBET, 18TH CENTURY西藏 十八世紀 銅鎏金班禪喇嘛像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThe prominent ears and shape of the head are somewhat reminiscent of the Fifth Panchen Lama, Deshin Shenpa (see , New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3243), however, the flattened pandita hat is notmon to his portraits. Portraits with pandita hats turned to the side and animal skin-covered thrones are features shared by two unidentified bronzes who also hold a pot, one in the Ashmolean Museum (EA2006.72) and another in the Halpert Collection (, 21 March 2023, lot 502). Also see another lama wearing a similarly styled flat pandita hat sold at Sotheby's, New York, 19 March 2016, lot 1339.