Origin: China. Circa: early 20th Century
H 6 in.(15cm), W 4 in.(10cm), D 3 in.(7.5cm)
Condition: very good!
Padmasambhava is considered a saint, an emanation of Amitabha, and a living
Buddha credited as the greatest teacher of Tantric Buddhism,
the founder of the Nyingmapa order in the 7th century Tibet. There
are eight different depiction of Padmasambhava in Tibetan art. As shown here,
he is portrayed as Pemakara of Tibet (Lotus Creator), holding a vajra in his right
hand, a stupa in his left, wearing a lotus cap atop which a half-vajra and a single
vulture feather is perched. The face of Padmasambhava is vivid, alive and deeply
awaken, he sits in royal ease above a lotus, where a large vajra in relief is
elegantly depicted on the back. With compelling details of jewels and symmetry
in the folds of his robes throughout, the beauty and spiritual presence is fused
into form in this vintage statue, which is remaining in very good condition