A PARCEL GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA

Description:

Tibeto - Chinese, late 18th c.
H. 16,1 cm ( o.S)
Standing in samabhanga with his right hand in vitarkamudra while the left is supporting the mongoose, wearing armour, wide-sleeved tunic, boots, separate embossed scarf floating around his shoulders, his face displaying a fierceful expression with protruding eyes below raised eyebrows, his red coloured lips framed by a moustache and goatee, beard, elongated earlobes and his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Mounted, very minor wear