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A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 15th/16th…
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Melbourne
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24-Sep-2019
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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., 25.5 cm high, 20 cm wide. Provenance: Soo Tze Oriental Antiques, 2006. Exhibitions: Exhibited Perc Tucker gallery, Townsville, August-November 2003, Pathway to Enlightenment.
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Oriental: Bronze