16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
a large tibetan gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva
16th/17th century
Seated in vajrasana on a separate cast lotus base, both hands in vitarkamudra formerly holding lotus stems, wearing diaphanous dhoti, border engraved with scrolling flowers, jewellery set with turquoise, his face with serene expression, turquoise inlaid urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, five-leaf crown set with turquoise beads in front of a high, blue coloured chignon, resealed
51 cm
16th/17th century
Seated in vajrasana on a separate cast lotus base, both hands in vitarkamudra formerly holding lotus stems, wearing diaphanous dhoti, border engraved with scrolling flowers, jewellery set with turquoise, his face with serene expression, turquoise inlaid urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, five-leaf crown set with turquoise beads in front of a high, blue coloured chignon, resealed
51 cm
Literature
Spink and Son, The Mirror of Mind, Art of Vajrayana Buddhism, London 1995, pl. 20