A BRONZE FIGURINE OF VAJRAPANI

Description:

Tibet, 12th/ 13th cent.
H. 7,6 cm
Standing in alidhasana on a lotus base, his right hand brandishing the vajra while the left is holding the pasha, wearing tiger-skin skirt, snake-upavita, bejewelled, his face displaying a severe expression with bulging eyes below arched eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and decorated with a pair of pattras, unsealed.
Old and important Southern German private collection, assembled since the 1970's onwards - Minor wear and traces of age