A TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF JAMBHALA, seated in lalitasana on a lotus, the base moulded with five jars, his right hand holding lemon, the left the nakula, wearing dhoti, engraved with bands of dots, scarf with ends floating along his shoulders, upavita, many body-ornaments, crown, his face with powerful expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, elongated earlobes with pierced circular earrings, high chignon, traces of blue and yellow pigments, unsealed, 12th/13th Century
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A TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF JAMBHALA, seated in lalitasana on a lotus, the base moulded with five jars, his right hand holding lemon, the left the nakula, wearing dhoti, engraved with bands of dots, scarf with ends floating along his shoulders, upavita, many body-ornaments, crown, his face with powerful expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, elongated earlobes with pierced circular earrings, high chignon, traces of blue and yellow pigments, unsealed, 12th/13th Century
10.7 cm high
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