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Nepal
Property of a Lady
A Gilt Bronze Figure of Padmapani with Repoussé Mandorla and Base
NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Padmapani with Repoussé Mandorla and Base
Nepal, 14th Century
Finely cast standing in elegant tribhanga holding the lotus, wearing a short dhoti incised with dotted bands and secured with a bejeweled sash at the waist, armlets and elaborate necklace inset with semiprecious stones, his face with a benign expression with aquiline nose and downcast eyes surmounted by an intricate trefoil tiara, surmounting a stepped plinth clad with gilt copper repoussé on a wood core, and backed by an openwork mandorla worked with addorsed peacocks issuing lotus scrolls within a flaming border, rising up to support a central image of Buddha Amitabha
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high (figure), 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) overall
Nepal, 14th Century
Finely cast standing in elegant tribhanga holding the lotus, wearing a short dhoti incised with dotted bands and secured with a bejeweled sash at the waist, armlets and elaborate necklace inset with semiprecious stones, his face with a benign expression with aquiline nose and downcast eyes surmounted by an intricate trefoil tiara, surmounting a stepped plinth clad with gilt copper repoussé on a wood core, and backed by an openwork mandorla worked with addorsed peacocks issuing lotus scrolls within a flaming border, rising up to support a central image of Buddha Amitabha
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high (figure), 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) overall