A SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF AKSHOBYA

Description:

Tibet, 16th ct.
H. 18,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with the vajra-emblem to his front, his right hand showing the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic cloak including a mantle, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast silver inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows, urna set with a turquoise bead, elongated earlobes and his blue coloured hairdo and ushnisha topped with a lotus-bud, traces of cold gilding.
Former UK private collection, acquired in the 1980s
Traces of age, very minor damages and old repairs, sealed