STATUETTE DE VAJRASATTVA EN LAITON INCRUSTÉ D'ARGENT... Lot n° 3

STATUETTE DE VAJRASATTVA EN LAITON INCRUSTÉ D'ARGENT TIBET, VERS XIIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4647 16 cm (6 1/4 in.) high Footnotes: A SILVER INLAID BRASS FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY 西藏 約十三世紀 銅錯銀金剛薩埵像 Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s Vajrasattva, in his most familiar iconography, balances a vajra on his palm while placing a ritual bell (ghanta) against his left hip. The present lot's faithful rendering in the Late Pala style implies that the sculpture is a very early Tibetan copy and therefore, contemporaneous with the Pala period of Northeastern India. See a Pala period Vajrasattva published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 288-9, no. 72E. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Good condition overall, with obvious loss to inlays, as is visible in images. There is embedded dust and smoky black residue in recessed areas from exposure to temple lamps within the culture. Remains of cold gold in the face. Base plate is missing. Please contact Sidney Lee (sidney.lee@bonhams.com) for related condition report images.