A SILVER FIGURE OF SADAKSHARILOKESHVARA

Description:

Nepal, 18th/ 19th ct.
H. 15,2 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both principle hands in anjalimudra while the secondary ones showing the vitarkamudra, wearing dhoti, antelope-upavita draped over his left shoulder, bejewelled, his cold-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, incised urna at his forehead, pierced elongated earlobes and his hair combed in a chignon, sealed.
Old South German private collection, most likely bought from Schoettle East Asian Art, Stuttgart in the 1970s
Two bands later re-stuck to head, small repairs