A WEST TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF RATNASAMBHAVA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, his right hand in varadamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf, many body-ornaments including, anklets, bracelets, armlets, necklace, five-leaf crown, circular pierced earrings, the face with incised eyebrows, urna, aquiline nose, red painted lips, elongated earlobes, blue coloured high hairdress surmounted by a cintamani symbol, resealed, 13th/14th Century

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A WEST TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF RATNASAMBHAVA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, his right hand in varadamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf, many body-ornaments including, anklets, bracelets, armlets, necklace, five-leaf crown, circular pierced earrings, the face with incised eyebrows, urna, aquiline nose, red painted lips, elongated earlobes, blue coloured high hairdress surmounted by a cintamani symbol, resealed, 13th/14th Century
45.5 cm high

Provenance

Heeramaneck Collection
Sotheby's New York, Indian, Tibetan, Nepalese, Thai, Khmer and Javanese Art, 20/21 September 1985, lot 65

Literature

Kreijger, H.,Godenbeelden uit Tibet, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 78

Exhibited

Goden en goeroes, Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, 17 June - 28 November 1989

Lot Essay

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