A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMASAMBHAVA, Bhutan, 18th/19th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding vajra and the left resting on his lap supporting the kapala, the trishula is resting against his left shoulder, wearing various garments, including a wide-sleeved mantle, its border incised with scrolling flowers, his face displaying a severe expression and his head topped with the specific bonnet, unsealed - Property from an important South German private collection, assembled between 1968 and 2005 mostly from Schoettle East Asian Art and Joachim Baader, Munich - Cf. 'Au Pays du Dragon', Exhibition Musée Guimet, Paris, 7.10.2009 - 25.1.2010, no. 50 and 57 - Losses to base, minor wear, very slightly chipped