A FINE SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF SANS.DKAR.BA

Estimated Value:

8.000 € - 12.000 €

Result:

12.950 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 16th c.
H. 17,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including underskirt and mantle covering both shoulders, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, meditation band, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, smiling lips and shaven hairdo, the base with lengthy inscription, unsealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 20
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 20 pp. 54 - 55

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