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WESTERN TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze bust of a Bodhisattva
Western Tibet, 14th/15th century
Finely cast with a sash around his torso and adorned with multiple beaded necklaces, earrings and armlets, his left arm extended, the face with heavy-lidded eyes and the hair piled into a high chignon secured with a foliate crown, with remains of cold gold and polychromy
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high
Western Tibet, 14th/15th century
Finely cast with a sash around his torso and adorned with multiple beaded necklaces, earrings and armlets, his left arm extended, the face with heavy-lidded eyes and the hair piled into a high chignon secured with a foliate crown, with remains of cold gold and polychromy
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in the 1980s