A LADAKH COPPER FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, standing in slight tribhanga on a oval base, his right hand in abhayamudra, the left stretched downwards and holding the padma flowering along his shoulder, wearing dhoti, engraved with floral bands, flanges to both sides, held together by belt with central floral finial, mala around his shoulders and legs, antelope-upavita knotted in front of his breast, yajnopavita, many bodhisattva-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with floral ear-rings, pointed three-leaf crown set with Amitabha in the front and a pair of flower-heads at the sides, 12th Century

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A LADAKH COPPER FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, standing in slight tribhanga on a oval base, his right hand in abhayamudra, the left stretched downwards and holding the padma flowering along his shoulder, wearing dhoti, engraved with floral bands, flanges to both sides, held together by belt with central floral finial, mala around his shoulders and legs, antelope-upavita knotted in front of his breast, yajnopavita, many bodhisattva-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with floral ear-rings, pointed three-leaf crown set with Amitabha in the front and a pair of flower-heads at the sides, 12th Century
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