Feine feuerveroldete Bronze des Padmapani

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06.12.2022 09:30UTC +02:00
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Lot 56 | Feine feuerveroldete Bronze des Padmapani
AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI - China, 18th c. - Standing in slight tribhanga on a separate cast lotus base, both hands in vitarkamudra holding stems of padma lotuses flowering along both upper arms, wearing dhoti falling down in large pleats, secured around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, scarf draped around his shoulders with its streamers encircling the arms and its finials curling up, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with pierced ear-ornaments, his blue coloured hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna, secured with a five-leaf tiara decorated with pair of pattras and floating ribbons, sealed. - Private collection Bavaria, acquired by the present owner at Christie's London, 4.7.1985, lot 261. Cf. a similar, slightly smaller bronze from the Edward T. Chow collection, Christie's New York, 22.3.2000, lot 97 Very minor traces of age
China, 18. Jh.
H. 52 cm
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