A rare bronze figure of Padmapani
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A rare bronze figure of Padmapani

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 9TH CENTURY

细节
A rare bronze figure of Padmapani
Northeastern India, Pala period, 9th century
Seated in rajalalitasana on a double-lotus base over a raised plinth holding a lotus stem, backed by a large flaming halo topped with a chattri, cast with a seal at center
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
来源
Acquired in the 1980s

拍品专文

This bronze is characteristic of the Nalande style; compare with a figure of Manjushri, in U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, fig. 56G, p. 257.