AN EMBOSSED GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 19th c.
H. 57,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a separate hammered lotus base with both hands in vitarkamudra, wearing dhoti tied around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, scarf draped around his shoulders with its streamers encircling the arms and its finials curling up, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, red coloured smiling lips, elongated earlobes, his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a separate embossed tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons, resealed.
From a European private collection, acquired prior to 2007