A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF STON.PA

Estimated Value:

2.500 € - 3.500 €

Result:

3.885 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 10,4 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base decorated to the front with a pair of birds, both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra and holding stems of lotuses flowering along his upper arms supporting the swastika emblem and vase, wearing dhoti, jewellery set with turquoise beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras, sealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 43
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 43, pp. 100 and 101 - Minor wear

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