A BRONZE FIGURE OF BIRVAPA

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 11,5 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with his left foot supported by a lotus issued by the base, his right hand holding the kapala while the left is raised in the air, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, pot-bellied, his face displaying a severe expression with open eyes below arched eyebrows, red coloured lips, his hair faliing down his shoulders in large curls and secured with a floral tiara, unsealed.
Old German private collection, assembled in the 1980's until 2005
Published: Schoettle Ostasiatica 24, 18.7.1973, Nr. 8101
Minor wear, slightly chipped