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Lot *5

A FINE AND RARE COPPER FIGURE OF PITA JAMBHALA

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

34.000 €

Description:

Nepal, 13th/ 14th ct.
H. 10,2 cm
Seated in rajalilasana on a lotus-base with his right foot resting on a jar placed on a lotus issued by a smaller base supporting a kneeling adorant extending both hands in anjalimudra, his right hand resting on the right knee supporting the lemon-fruit while the left is holding the mongoose, wearing diaphanous dhoti, garland, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with open eyes below arched eyebrows, urna, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras, unsealed.
Old Bavarian private collection, acquired on 28.10.1990 at Schoettle Ostasiatica, Joachim Baader, Munich
Wear, minor traces of age