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A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 15TH/16th…
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Melbourne
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19-Oct-2021
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A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Padmasambhava, circa 15TH/16th century, seated in padmasana on a later double lotus base, with a bright, penetrating gaze with a benign smile, his characteristic hat with unusual decoration of five heaped 'Norbu' jewels. The patchwork outer robe is bordered with an incised foliate design. In the left hand he holds a dorje, in the right, a kapala, 25.5 cm high, 20 cm wide. Provenance: The Kaspiev price collection, Soo Tze Oriental Antiques, 2006, Exhibitions: Exhibited Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, August-November 2003, Pathway to Enlightenment.
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Oriental: Bronze