A LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF VAIROCANA

Description:

China, possibly early Ming dynasty
H. 101 cm
Seated in vajrasana with his hands placed in front of his chest demonstrating the abhishekamudra, wearing a monastic garment including a dhoti tied around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front and a mantle covering both shoulders with its textile falling down his body and legs in several well-defined pleats just leaving his right foot bare, his slightly puffy face displaying a serene expression with downcast inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, incised urna at his forehead originally inlaid with a gem, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and set to the front with a large ratna, traces of pigment
Private collection Rhineland, assembled before 2007
Minior damages due to age, wear, cracks