A gilt-copper figure of Vajrasattva

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

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incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Nepal, ca. 16th century
H. 12 cm
Seated in vajrasana with both hands holding the vajra and ghanta, wearing diaphanous dhoti finely incised with various musters and fastened around his waist with a belt decorated with tassels, upavita draped over his left shoulder falling down his body and right upper leg to return over his back, jewellery partly set with turquoise beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, turquoise inlaid urna adorning his forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with earrings, his hairdo combed in a chignon covered with a helmet topped with a half-vajra and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras
Northern German private property - Minor wear

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