A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Result:

5.180 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, late 18th c.
H. 13,3 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus base, his right hand holding the vajra while the left is supporting the kapala, wearing various garments, bejewelled, his face displaying a severe expression and his head topped with the specific bonnet, sealed. Further a bronze 20th c.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 13
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 13, pp. 40 and 41 - Wear, slightly chipped

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