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Lot 45

A PARCEL COLD-GILDED BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

Schätzpreis:

Description:

Tibet, 14th ct.
H. 21,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand holding the vajra while the left is resting on his hip grasping the ghanta, wearing dhoti, scarf floating around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, elongated earlobes with pierced ear-ornaments, his blue coloured hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a five-leaf tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons.
German private collection, purchased July 1987 from Hans Weihreiter, Augsburg
Minor wear and small repairs, resealed