A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF JAMBHALA

Description:

Tibet, probably 13th c.
H. 10 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a figure reclining on a lotus base, his right hand supporting a blood-filled kapala while the left is holding the jewel-spitting nakula, pot-bellied, naked, snake-upavita, bejewelled, his face displaying a fierce expression with bulging eyes below arched eyebrows, open mouth showing a double row of teeth, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments set with turquoise beads, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a band ornamented with a triratna and various hair tresses falling down his back, sealed.
Private collection, according to the owners assembled before 2007 - Wear, slightly chipped