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Lot 26

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Result:

6.475 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 8,7 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus base with a vessel in front of his right knee, holding the vajra and kapala, wearing various garments, his face displaying a serene expression and his head topped with the specific bonnet, resealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 10
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 10, pp. 34 and 35 - Wear, slightly chipped