A parcel-gilt lilver figure of Vajrapani

Description:

Tibet, 18th/ 19th cent.
H. 8,5 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base, his raised right hand holding the vajra while the left the pasha, wearing tiger-skin skirt, scarf floating around his shoulders, snake-upavita, bejewelled, his face displaying a ferocious expression showing bulging eyes below bushy eyebrows, open mouth, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with skulls, resealed
From an important German private collection, assembled prior to 1980 - Very minor traces of age