A BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY RATNAPANI Tibet, 14th... Lot 37

A BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY RATNAPANI Tibet, 14th c. H. 15 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand in varadamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf floating around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, his hairdo combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons, unsealed. C 41, pp. 96 and 97 From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 41 Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 41, pp. 96 and 97 - Base with minor damages and repairs, wear