A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI
KASHMIR, 11TH CENTURY

The Bodhisattva of Compassion seated in padmasana on a high narrow lotus throne, his right hand in abhaya mudra with his left hand holding a lotus stem, with an antelope skin covering his left shoulder and with a miniature image of Dhyani-buddha Amitabha in his crown, 262g, 9.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Nicholas Squire (1949-2024), Suffolk, England, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, London, 16th December 1994, a copy of the invoice is available.

Published: Spink, Tibetan Art at Spink, 1992, no.2.

Cf. The Ashmolean Museum, accession no. EA1996.75 for a similar 11th century Kashmiri figure of Padmapani, see also The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco accession no. B86B4 for another related 11th century example.

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來源: 英國薩福克郡Nicholas Squire先生（1949-2024）收藏, 1994年12月16日購於倫敦Spink & Son （附發票複印件）。
出版: Tibetan Art at Spink, 1992年, 編號2。