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Lot 145

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

4.500 €

Description:

Tibet, ca. 15. Jh.
H. 17,8 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus base, his hands forming the dharmacakramudra, wearing monastic garment including tunic and mantle covering both shoulders falling down his body and legs in partly parallel draped pleats, incised with large lotus flowers all around, his cold-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, smiling lips, painted facial details, elongated earlobes and his head topped with the specific pointed bonnet continuing into lappets falling on each shoulders, unsealed.
Old German private collection, collected between 1960 and 1995 - Minor wear