十八世紀 蒙古 鎏金銅聖光明者坐像

assis en vajrasana sur un haut socle rectangulaire ciselé de deux frises fleuries à l'avant et à l'arrière, la main droite levée devant la poitrine présentant un sceptre vajra et la gauche reposant sur son giron serrant une cloche ghanta, portant une longue robe monastique aux bordures rehaussées d'arabesques et une haute coiffe pointue de Lama, le visage finement rendu aux yeux peints et au sourire esquissé, la base scellée avec une plaque incisée et dorée d'un double vajra au centre 

The figure is heavily cast and covered in a very rich yellow gilding. The base is sealed with a copper plaque chased and gilt with a double vajra to the centre. The details of the base and borders of the robe are finely chased. There is overall light wear to the gilding, particularly to the raised parts of the figure, face and headdress, along the edges of the base and the lower part of the figure's left arm. There is a ca. 5cm long stress crack to the metal on the left side of the base, starting at the base and extending almost up to the upper part of the base. There are scattered minute dents to the edges of the base. There is a ca. 0.3 x 0.3 cm shallow dent on the back of the figure's left shoulder. The eyes are with painted white and black details, there are traces of red pigment to the mouth.
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