A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SADAKSHARILOKESHVARA

Description:

Nepal. 18th c.
H. 28,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a separate embossed lotus base, his principle hands in anjalimudra while both secondary ones holding rosary and lotus, wearing dhoti, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, cape draped around his shoulders, the streamers encircling both arms with its finials curling up, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with large ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons, unsealed.
From an important German private collection, acquired at Nagel, 9.5.1997, lot 2166 - Mandorla lost, minor wear, slightly chipped