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Lot 158

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A KAGYUPA LAMA

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

Description:

Bhutan, ca. 16th c.
H. 6,2 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus-base, his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including mantle leaving his right shoulder bare, meditation-band draped over his right shoulder, his face displaying a meditative expression with open eyes below arched eyebrows, moustache and beard framing his mouth, elongated earlobes and his head covered with the specific bonnet, sealed.
From the collection of Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (1930-2007), assembled between the 1950s and 1980s
Minor traces of age