A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI

Description:

Tibet, 13th cent.
H. 9,5 cm
Standing in alidhasana on a pair of figures reclining on the lotus base, his right hand brandishing the vajra while the left is stretched outwards, wearing skirt, snake-upavita, bejewelled, his face displaying a severe expression with bulging eyes below raised eyebrows and his hairdo combed in a chignon secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras, unsealed
Old and important Southern German private collection, assembled from the 1970's onwards - Left arm with old repair