A FINE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

Result:

19.425 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 16th c.
H. 24,2 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus base, his right hand holding the vajra while the left is resting on his lap supporting the kapala, wearing various garments including a mantle covering both shoulders and incised with a variety of designs, his face displaying a serene expression with open eyes, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with floral-shaped ornaments and his head topped with the specific bonnet, the reverse of the base with inscription stating ‘Honouring U.rgyan Rin.po.che (Padmasambhava). The presented figure….. Happiness’, resealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 12
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 12, pp. 38 and 39 - Minor wear, slightly chipped

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