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A gilt copper figure of Padmapani
Nepal, 15th century
Seated in royal ease with a supporting meditation band wrapped around his waist and right
knee, the large flower curved downward at his left shoulder.
4 1/2 (11.4 cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000

The identifying lotus flower at his left shoulder is now bent forward, and the whole is heavily
worn through prolonged ritual touching and the application of unguents.

Compare with a figure of Maitreya now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Lerner and Kossak,
The Lotus Transcendent, 1991, no. 117, p. 147)

Referenced
HAR – himalayanart.org/image.cfm/41242.html

Provenance
Private American Collection since the 1980s

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