RARE STATUETTE DE SARVAVID MAHA VAIROCHANA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ TIBET, XVE SIÈCLE |

assis en vajrasana sur un double socle rond lotiforme, les mains devant la poitrine en dharmachakra mudra tenant un vajra, vêtu d'une robe monastique, les quatre visages sereins et ornés de riches bijoux et couronnes, les cheveux maintenus en un haut chignon surmonté d'un joyau, la mandorle ajourée à décor de flamèches, scellée par une plaque ornée d'un double vajra

Philip Goldman Collection, London.
Sotheby's New York, 21st March 2002, lot 86.

There is light wear to the surface and to the gilding. There are small dents around the edge of the base. There is a tiny casting flaw to the bottom part of the mandorla. The base is sealed.
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