Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th cent.
H. 10,1 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including underskirt fastened around his middle with a belt and a mantle covering both shoulders, its borders finely incised with a scrolling tendril motif, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, unsealed.
An important private collection from southern Germany, assembled between 1956 and 2007, collection no. 20016, according to tradition bought from the Munich dealer Knut Netz December 1995 - Minor wear to gilding