Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th cent.
H. 11,1 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand raised holding the sword while the left is showing the vitarkamudra and grasping the stem of a lotus flowering along his upper arm supporting the manuscript, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, unsealed.
An important private collection from southern Germany, assembled between 1956 and 2007, collection no. 20069 - Minor wear, base slightly corroded