A fine and elegant gilt bronze portrait of the arhat Vajriputra China, 18th Century

dressed in flowing robes and seated on patterned cushions, shoes to his side, a transcendent expression playing on the finely modeled and painted face

Collection of Mlle Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), n¿e Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy Hudnut, silent film actress, costume and set designer, director, amateur Egyptologist, collector of Egyptian and Asian Art, married matin¿e idol Rudolph Valentino having met on the innovative Art Deco set she designed for the movie Camille, 1921.

Extremely good condition. Minimum wear of gilding and some accretion, most likely from butter lamp smoke and incense. Green paint on head slightly worn at the back. The base has an original and intact consecration plate engraved with a visvavajra. No restoration.
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