Beschreibung:

A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA CIRCA 15TH/16TH CENTURY The well modelled figure with a bright, penetrating gaze beneath brows knitted in concentration, with a benign smile. His characteristic hat has an unusual decoration of five heaped 'norbu' jewels. He wears heavy pendant earrings on elongated lobes, his undergarment held together at the breast by a jewelled fastening chain, his patchwork outer robe bordered with an incised foliate design around his shoulders. In his gracefully modelled left hand he holds a dorje to his breast, his right hand holding a kapala from which issues jewels in a flame like vapour. He sits in dhyanasana on a later double lotus base. He has a katvanga ritual staff held to his shoulder which is not original to the piece. 25.5cm high, 20cm wide PROVENANCE: Soo Tze Oriental Antiques, 2006 EXHIBITIONS: Exhibited Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, August-November 2003, Pathway to Enlightenment. Estimate $12,000-18,000 Condition: Wear to the gilding at the high points, the staff is not original to the image, and possibly from a later period. Possibly some denting to the lotus base. The opinions expressed in the condition reports are a guide only and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Prospective buyers are encouraged to inspect articles for sale at our pre-sale viewing where Leonard Joel staff are available for advice. Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications. Absentee bid Telephone bid Bid on Multiple Lots Request a condition report