A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA AND HIS CONSORT

Description:

Nepal, 18th cent.
H. 15,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base embracing his partner, his hands holding the vajra and ghanta emblems, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, his partner holding karttrika and kapala and a flaming aureole behind, unsealed
Old Southern German private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Wear, traces of age