A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA

Description:

Tibet, 18th ct.
H. 9,7 cm
Seated in rajalilasana on a lotus-base with his right hand holding the vajra while the left is resting on his lap supporting the kapala, wearing various garments including a mantle, bejewelled, his face displaying a severe expression with raised eyebrows above slit eyes, elongated earlobes with circular ear-ornaments, his head covered with the specific bonnet and topped with the half-vajra emblem.
Old German private collection, assembled since the 1980's and purchased before 2007
Unsealed, minor wear