AN IMPORTANT GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI, TIBET, ca. 13th ct., standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus base, his right hand raised in a form of vitarkamudra and holding the ratna, the left lowered and holding a lotus flower, each hand-palm incised with the dharmacakra emblem, wearing dhoti secured with a belt decorated with a pair of sashes at the hip, bare chest with an across draped incised scarf, bejewelled including an elaborate necklace, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, urna, faint smiling lips, elongated earlobes with pierced circular earrings, his hair combed in the jatamakuta topped with a lotus flower and secured with a simple tiara decorated with a pair of flowers and floating ribbons, unsealed - Property from the collection of Prof. Dr med., Dr phil. Hermann Schroeder (1902-1991), bought in France in the early 1970's - Minor wear, few small damages due to age, crown with losses Sehr seltene und große feuervergoldete Bronze des Padmapani TIBET, ca. 13.Jh. H. 54,2 cm Provenienz: Aus der Sammlung von Prof. Dr. med., Dr. phil. Hermann Schroeder (1902-1991), in den frühen 1970-er Jahren in Frankreich erworben - Diadem mit Verlusten, etwas berieben, kleinere Alterssch.