Lot Essay
Worshipped by Buddhists as Jambhala and by Hindus as Kubera, this god of wealth is typically depicted as a corpulent figure with an animated expression.
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TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Seated on the back of a lion, the rotund figure wielding a folded parasol in his right hand and a mongoose spewing jewels on his left, the lion crouching on its haunches over a lotus base with its head reared and fangs bared
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
TIBET, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Seated on the back of a lion, the rotund figure wielding a folded parasol in his right hand and a mongoose spewing jewels on his left, the lion crouching on its haunches over a lotus base with its head reared and fangs bared
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired before February 1989
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 23555
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Leiko Coyle