A WESTERN HIMALAYA BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, standing in slight tribhanga, his right hand in abhayamudra, his left stretched downwards and holding stem of lotus flowering along his shoulder, wearing dhoti, engraved with scrolling and flowerheads, scarf and many bodhisattva-ornaments, an antelope skin covering his left shoulder, his face with silver inlaid eyes, urna, three-leaf tiara set with a large turquoise bead, jina Amitabha in front, 11th/12th Century
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A WESTERN HIMALAYA BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, standing in slight tribhanga, his right hand in abhayamudra, his left stretched downwards and holding stem of lotus flowering along his shoulder, wearing dhoti, engraved with scrolling and flowerheads, scarf and many bodhisattva-ornaments, an antelope skin covering his left shoulder, his face with silver inlaid eyes, urna, three-leaf tiara set with a large turquoise bead, jina Amitabha in front, 11th/12th Century
21.5 cm high, mounted (tip of lotus broken)
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