THE JEWELED BODHISATTVA MAITREYA.
Tibet. Ca. 16th/17th c.

Bronze with fire gilding; in the face painted with gold and pigments. Inlaid with semi-precious stones. Sitting in vajra position on a double lotus; both hands in dharmachakra mudra holding the stems of the lotus flowers at his shoulders. The richly jeweled figure is adorned with an eight-leaved crown. The borders of the garments; the crown and the leaves of the lotus flowers finely engraved. The lotus base is filled and sealed; the double vajra underneath is very finely engraved.

In a radiological examination; it got visible that the base is filled with smaller rounded forms; which may be cereals; probably barley. These are embedded in some sort of wadding or fibers. Height 20;5cm. Condition A/B.

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