Lot Essay
Likely this Bodhisattva formed part of a mandorla. For examples of similarly modeled repoussé figures, see P. Pal, Art of Tibet, 1983, fig. S17, p. 205.
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NEPAL, 16TH CENTURY
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A Gilt Copper Repoussé Figure of a Padmapani
Nepal, 16th Century
Standing in a slight tribhanga on a lotus plinth flanked by lotus stalks, with one hand in abhaya mudra, wearing a short dhoti incised with leafy vines and an antelope skin at his left shoulder, elaborately ornamented with large spiralling vine earrings and headdress with lotus roundel over a small kirttimukha mask
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Nepal, 16th Century
Standing in a slight tribhanga on a lotus plinth flanked by lotus stalks, with one hand in abhaya mudra, wearing a short dhoti incised with leafy vines and an antelope skin at his left shoulder, elaborately ornamented with large spiralling vine earrings and headdress with lotus roundel over a small kirttimukha mask
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
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