Lot 33
NEPALESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
尼泊爾 銅鎏金蓮花手菩薩立像
the ‘Lotus Bearer’ bodhisattva cast standing in slight tribhanga, right hand lowered in the varada mudra and the left positioned to hold the stem of the flower that blossoms at his shoulder, wearing a dhoti drapes naturally above feet, face serene flanked by large earrings below ribbons to fasten the elaborate crown
Dimensions
8.5cm high; 415.8g
Provenance
Formerly in a private English collection
前英格蘭私人收藏
Footnote
Compare to a hardstone-inlaid gilt copper figure of Padmapani, Nepal, 13th / 14th century, previously in the Zimmerman Family Collection sold at Sotheby's New York, 24 March 2026, lot 810. See another larger example, dated to ca. 1400, is in the Walters Art Museum, accession no. 54.3098.