A Gilt Copper Repoussé Figure of a Bodhisattva and a Copper Alloy Ga’u with Copper Inlay, Tibet, circa 15th Century and later

Property of a New England Collection

A Gilt Copper Repoussé Figure of a Bodhisattva and a Copper Alloy Ga’u with Copper Inlay 

Tibet, circa 15th Century and later

Height 16⅜ in. (41.6 cm) and smaller (2)

the Bodhisattva standing in abhanga with the right hand extended in varada mudra and the left held at the chest in shuni mudra, clad in an ornate dhoti incised with floral patterns and secured at the waist with a bejeweled girdle, with pendant sash in front and a billowing sash cascading down his hip, abundantly decorated with jewelry inlaid with semi-precious stones, the diadem showing an ornamental foliate motif with the hair held in a high bun topped with a floral finial

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13785.