A rare cold gold painted stone figure of Padmapani
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION 
A rare cold gold painted stone figure of Padmapani

NEPAL, 11TH CENTURY

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A rare cold gold painted stone figure of Padmapani
Nepal, 11th Century
Standing on a lotus base with his hips slight askance, his right hand in varadamudra and his left holding a lotus stem blossoming at the shoulder, clad in a short dhoti and adorned with a sash and various jewelry, the face serene with heavy-lidded downcast eyes surmounted by a tiara centered by a figure of Amitabha, the skin cold gold, the face and hair with polychromy
23 7/8 in. (60.6 cm.) high
來源
Acquired in New York, 1998
出版
M. Slusser, Nepal Mandala, 1998, cat. no. 462

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Avalokiteshvara was a popular deity in Nepal, and as such, his image, especially in the form of Padmapani, was extremely prevalent from an early period. Iconographically and stylistically, images of Padmapani varied little over time, and was originally inspired by Indian prototypes from the Gupta period.

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