A COPPER FIGURE OF A TANTRIC DEITY

Description:

Nepal, 16th/ 17th c.
H. 20,2 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a reclining figure with his body half raised up, his principle hands in varadamudra and abhyayamudra while the secondary ones holding broken attribute and lasso, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around the shoulders, its streamers encircling the arms with its finials curling up, bejewelled, his four-faced head with central rubbed one due to extensive worship, the hair combed in a chignon topped with another head and a flaming head-halo behind.
From the collection of Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (1930-2007), assembled between the 1950s and 1980s
Wear, minor damages due to age