A WESTERN HIMALAYAN BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 11TH/12TH CENTURY Standing

A WESTERN HIMALAYAN BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 11TH/12TH CENTURY Standing, wearing a dhoti and a tall headdress, with earrings inlaid with turquoise beads, his right hand stretched downwards in varada mudra, all raised on a double lotus throne, 12.5cm, 220g. Provenance: formerly in the Cheng Huan Collection. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, VIX, p.111, no.106 for a related example of Padmapani from the same period.