A GILT-BRONZE FIGURINE OF AKSHOBHYA

Description:

Nepal. ca. 14th c.
H. 8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with the vajra emblem to its front, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment showing a small section of the mantle draped over his left shoulder in the form of a swallow’s tail, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes and his curled hair continuing into the ushnisha, the reverse with inscription.
From a South German private collection, acquired in Tibet and Nepal between 1975 and 1977 - Wear, traces of age