A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA ON A THRONE, TIBET, 18th/19th ct., H. 36 cm (total) and Padmasambhava h. 19 cm. Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the vajra while the left is supporting the kapala, wearing various garments, his cold-gilded face displaying a severe expression, painted facial details, his blue coloured hair topped with the specific bonnet and placed on probably an associated throne sculpted to the front with a pair of lions and a flaming mandorla behind- Property from a German private collection, bought prior 1990 - Wear, partly chipped