Lot 39
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA
Auction: Asian Works of Art | Day 1
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
Description
銅鎏金財寶天王騎獅像
the deity of wealth cast wearing detailed armour and boots with a billowing scarf surrounding his arms, earrings and a five-leaf crown framing his face in protruding eyes and wrathful expression, right hand held in front of chest in karana mudra, left hand holding his gem-spewing mongoose, seated on a recumbent lion, its head raised and slightly turned, jaws open to reveal its fangs and tongue, all supported on a lotus pedestal, the base sealed with a plaque incised with a double vajra
Dimensions
20cm high; 2382g