A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 12TH CENTURY Standing on a double lotus throne

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI 12TH CENTURY Standing on a double lotus throne, wearing a beaded dhoti and a headdress, a tall chignon and elaborate jewellery, his right hand stretched downwards in varada mudra, 12.5cm, 206g. Provenance: formerly in the Cheng Huan Collection. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, VIX, p.98, no.93 for a related example from the same period.