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Lot 40

A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAIROCANA

Estimated Value:

8.000 € - 12.000 €

Result:

18.130 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 21,6 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing dhoti incised with a wavy pattern, jewellery set with turquoise beads, his four cold-gilded faces displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, painted facial details, his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with tiara’s, sealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number BT 110
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Die Kultplastiken der Sammlung S. ,1994 (private print) - Very minor traces of age, wear