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Lot 86
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
Estimated Value:
2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result:
5.827 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Bhutan oder Tibet, 18./ frühes 19. Jh.H. 18,8 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a separate cast lotus base with his raised right hand brandishing the vajra while the left is showing the tarjanimudra, wearing tiger skirt, scarf draped around his shoulders, snake-mala, jewellery set with turquoise beads, his face displaying a wrathful expression, painted facial details and his red coloured flaming hairdo secured with a tiara, sealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 71
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 71, pp. 182 and 183 - Minor wear, base slightly chipped
