All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1900
item #1497188
(stock #1-1468)
Finely cast gilt bronze statue of Padmasambhava, sitting on a double lotus throne, wearing a monk's pointed cap and a monk's robe, his hands in "vitarka mudra". Tibet, 19th century. Height: 22.3 cm. Gilding partly missing, otherwise very good condition.
NOTE: Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a semi-legendary tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th cent...
