A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SADAKSHARI, TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SADAKSHARI

TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

Height 7 ½ in. (19.1 cm)

the four-armed bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, his primary hands folded in anjali mudra, his secondary hands holding a lotus flower and a mala, wearing a billowing celestial shawl and clad in a dhoti incised with a foliate pattern, an antelope skin hanging over his left shoulder, adorned with multiple beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and five-pointed diadem inset with semi-precious stones, the top-knot surmounted with the head of Buddha Amitabha

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13726.