Solidly cast standing on a double lotus base with his right hand raised in Abhaya mudra, his left hand lowered holding a lotus bud, wearing a diaphanous dhoti secured with a sash tied diagonally across the hips, his face with a benign expression with hair spilling down to the shoulders and surmounted by a tripartite crown 10¾ in. (34.8 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A rare Gilt copper figure of Padmapani
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 10th Century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 600
- Pre-Lot Text : PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTOR
- Lot Essay : This figure is remarkably close to a figure of a Bodhisattva at the Norton Simon Museum, see P. Pal, Art from the Himalayas and China, 2003, cat. no. 41, p. 41f. The treatment of the drapery closely corresponds in mirror image and they both hold unusual representations of flowers. The treatment of the conical plaques of the headdress is similarly related with elaborately delineated scrollwork. These unusual features likely reflect a rare blend of influences from the Himalayas and China.
- Price realised : USD 241,000
- Estimate : USD 200,000 - USD 300,000
- Provenance : Acquired in the mid-1980s