Bodhisattva Padmapani. Tibet / Nepal. Fire-gilt bronze figure. Cold gold and polychrome painting. Height 35 cm (13.8"). Weight 4954 g. From North German private collection. The right hand showing the varada mudra, the left hand holding the stem of a long lotus flower. Seated in a slightly opened lotus pasture on an adorned throne pedestal. Meek facial expression. Wearing a three-leaved crown with a depiction of Buddha Amitabha as well as some jewelry and clothes of a Buddhist Bodhisattva. Bottom plate (renewed) with seal. Slight signs of age and wear. Painting probably later restored. Rare and finely crafted sculpture.