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DHARAMSHALA, June 6: A rare portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama at his enthronement, painted by noted Indian artist Krishna Kanwal was sold for £152,800 at Bonhams on Thursday as part of an auction featuring the Collection and Personal Archive of Sir Basil Gould.
The portrait is a centrepiece of Kanwal’s work, capturing the moment when the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso), then just four years old, was formally enthroned in Lhasa, Tibet, on 22 February 1940. Among those present at the ceremony was Sir Basil Gould, the British Political Officer for Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet, who was appointed to represent the British gov...
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