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Lot 65
TWO GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF PADMAPANI AND VAJRAPANI
Estimated Value:
4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result:
6.475 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, 19th c.H. 25,8/ 26 cm
Each standing in slight samabhanga on a lotus base, Padmapani holding in his right hand the lotus while the left is lowered in varadamudra, Vajarapani holding the stem of a lotus flowering along his upper shoulder supporting the vajra emblem, his right lowered in varadamudra, both wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, the first displaying a serene expression while Vajrapani showing a fierce expression, each cold-gilded and painted with facial details, elongated earlobes set with beads, the blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and behind each a halo embossed with ajour scrolling tendrils, sealed.
Old South German private collection, acquired in 1981 from Schoettle Ostasiatica, Joachim Baader, Stuttgart, no. 3640 and 3641
Published: Tibetica 39, Schoettle Ostasiatica 18.2.1981, nos. 3640 and 3641 with colour plate - Small repairs to the mandorla, slightly chipped and very minor wear
