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Lot *109
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
Estimated Value:
1.000 € - 1.500 €
Schätzpreis:
3.000 €
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th ct.H. 18,2 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a pair of snakes curling over the lotus-base, his right hand raised holding the vajra while the left is set in from of huis chest, wearing tiger-skirt, scarf floating around his shoulders with its streamers encircling both arms and the finials falling down, snake-garland, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes below bushy eyebrows, his flaming hair decorated with a half-vajra and secured with a tiara ornamented with five-skulls.
Old North German private collection, since the 1970's in the family of the present owner
Minor wear, resealed