A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI KASHMIR OR WESTERN HIMALAYAS, 11TH CENTURY

the bodhisattva standing on a lotus base within a flaming double prabhamandala adorned with stupa finial, with high jatamukata and plaited hair cascading down the shoulders, wearing necklaces, a yagñopavitam and long dhoti, the right hand in abhaya mudra and left hand grasping a lotus flower

Acquired privately in London, 1964/65.

On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1970s.

Accretion and some areas of bending to bronze throughout, notably at the seated figure at crown of head, and to the lower edges of the prabhamandala. Scattered original minor casting flaws at the back of legs and base. Loss to inlaid elements at forehead and chest.
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Compare the double prabhamandala, beaded jewelry, distinctive facial features, rounded chest, slim torso, and tubular limbs with an eleventh century bronze figure of Vairocana collected in the Changchenmo Valley in Ladakh and currently in the Kolkata Museum, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 150, pl. 27A.