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TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Yellow Jambhala
Tibet, 14th/15th century
Seated on a double-lotus base holding a jewel in his left hand and a mongoose in his right, dressed in a dhoti secured at the waist with a beaded belt and shawl over his shoulders and adorned with various necklaces, the face centered with the third eye and flanked by foliate earrings, the hair pulled into a high chignon topped with a knop, the base sealed
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Tibet, 14th/15th century
Seated on a double-lotus base holding a jewel in his left hand and a mongoose in his right, dressed in a dhoti secured at the waist with a beaded belt and shawl over his shoulders and adorned with various necklaces, the face centered with the third eye and flanked by foliate earrings, the hair pulled into a high chignon topped with a knop, the base sealed
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired in the United Kingdom in 1972
Exhibited
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, February-March 1975