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Lot 11

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY RATNAPANI

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.800 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 14th c.
H. 15 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand in varadamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf floating around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, his hairdo combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons, unsealed.
C 41, pp. 96 and 97
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 41
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 41, pp. 96 and 97 - Base with minor damages and repairs, wear