A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA

16TH / 17TH CENTURY

十六 / 十七世紀 銅鎏金布祿金剛贍巴拉坐像



cast seated in a pose of ease with one leg bent below the rotund belly, the other semi-extended and supported by a conch shell, the deity holding the mongoose in the proper left hand and a large jewel in the other, crowned with a tiered diadem tied with sashes at the terminals, partially encircling the ornamented jatamukata piled high and issuing long plaits extending over both shoulders, the round face with gracefully curving brows over almond-shaped eyes, a broad nose, and full lips, the ears hanging low with heavy pendants, multiple necklaces extending over the broad breast and belly, clothed in a diagonally-draped garment belted with a sash secured at the back of the waist and with incised floral patterned bands at the cuffs, all supported by a lotus base with multiple tiers of incised petals, issuing a small lotus blossom bearing a basin of jewels and with a bhumpa supporting the conch shell, the base sealed

Height 4⅞ in., 12.3 cm