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A VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE SEATED
FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The figure is depicted seated in dhyanasana on a crisp double-
lotus pedestal, with almond-shaped eyes and a raised urna
on his forehead. The head is flanked by elongated ears with
large rounded earrings and bears a peaked Tantric cap with
upturned sides centred with a crescent moon surmounted by a
sun. Its robes are finely incised and stippled with lotus blooms
and scrolling foliage, the left hand holding a kapala and the
right wielding a vajra. Part of the verso of the lotus base is left
ungilded. Together with a gilt-bronze khatvanga (trident).
The figure: 17 æ in. (45 cm.) high, box
The khatvanga: 14 ¡ in. (36.5 cm.) long, box
HK$2,800,000-5,000,000 US$370,000-650,000
PROVENANCE
A Hong Kong private collection, acquired in the 1990s

西藏十五世紀 鎏金銅蓮花生大士坐像

來源
香港私人珍藏，1990 年代入藏

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