A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMOGHAPASHA

Description:

Nepal, 19th cent.
H. 15,7 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base placed on a larger lotus throne, his eight arms radiating around his body, the hands holding the prescribed attributes, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha and flanked by a pair of worshippers kneeling on the lotus base.
Old Southern German private collection, assembled before 1975 - Minor traces of age, slightly chipped