A LARGE NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA, seated in vajrasana on a separate embossed lotus-base, the border with mantras, both his hands holding the vajra and the ghanta, wearing dhoti, scarf, many body-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, engraved urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, five-leaf crown set with glass beads, blue painted hairdress with half-vajra finial, unsealed, 18th/19th Century

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A LARGE NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA, seated in vajrasana on a separate embossed lotus-base, the border with mantras, both his hands holding the vajra and the ghanta, wearing dhoti, scarf, many body-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, engraved urna, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, five-leaf crown set with glass beads, blue painted hairdress with half-vajra finial, unsealed, 18th/19th Century
77 cm high

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