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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
An inlaid bronze figure of Mahasiddha Virupa
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
细节
An inlaid bronze figure of Mahasiddha Virupa
Tibet, 16th century
Seated in sattvasana on an antelope skin, his hands raised to his chest in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a short dhoti with foliate pattern in relief and jewelry inset with silver and copper, further adorned with a long floral garland draped from his shoulder across his lap, his face in a serene expression with inlaid copper and silver eyes, copper inlaid lips and remains of cold gold, his hair with remains of polychromy, draped across his shoulders and pulled into a high braided chignon secured by foliate tiara, all atop a double lotus base with dedicatory inscriptions around the rim of the base
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th century
Seated in sattvasana on an antelope skin, his hands raised to his chest in dharmachakra mudra, clad in a short dhoti with foliate pattern in relief and jewelry inset with silver and copper, further adorned with a long floral garland draped from his shoulder across his lap, his face in a serene expression with inlaid copper and silver eyes, copper inlaid lips and remains of cold gold, his hair with remains of polychromy, draped across his shoulders and pulled into a high braided chignon secured by foliate tiara, all atop a double lotus base with dedicatory inscriptions around the rim of the base
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) high
来源
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection
Sotheby's New York, 20-21 September 1985, lot 130
Sotheby's New York, 20-21 September 1985, lot 130