Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 96

A Tibetan gilt bronze repoussé figure of the Bodhisattva Padmapani

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3500

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Description

A Tibetan gilt bronze repoussé figure of the Bodhisattva Padmapani, standing in tribanga, wearing a dhoti with sashes and jewellery, surrounded by a pierced flame aureole, traces of red pigment, 16th/17th century, mounted on a gilt rectangular stand, 52.5cm. (2) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 4th July 1983, lot 81.