A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMOGHAPASHALOKESHVARA Nepal,... Lot 38

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMOGHAPASHALOKESHVARA Nepal, 16th/ 17th c. H. 21 cm Standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus base with his eight arms radiating around his body, the principle hands showing varadamudra and holding the kundika, wearing dhoti secured around the waist by a belt with a pair of sashes hanging down his legs, upavita, jewellery set with semi-precious stones, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara. From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 80 Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 80, pp. 200 and 201 - Wear, slightly chipped