Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th cent.
H. 11,2 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with his right foot resting the vase of abundance, his right hand holding the lemon while the left the mongoose, wearing dhoti, scarf draped across his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a ferocious expression with protruding eyes below raised eyebrows, beard framing his chin, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara, resealed
An important private collection from southern Germany, assembled between 1956 and 2007, collection no. 200150, published Lempertz 11.6.2004, Lot 89 - Very minor wear to gilding