A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF GURU DRAGPO. Tibet, 19th c. Height 17 cm. Holding a vajra and a scorpion.
Provenance: Swiss private collection, purchased at Galerie Koller, June 1989, A71 lot 39. Then German private collection, purchased at Koller Zurich, March 2008, A144 lot 129. --------------- GURU DRAGPO. Tibet, 19. Jh. H 17 cm. Feuervergoldete Kupferlegierung, der Kopf kalt bemalt. Diese zornvolle Emanation Padmasambhavas tr?gt eine Sch?delkrone, hat eine Schlange um den Hals geschlungen und eine Elefantenhaut über den Rücken geworfen. In der Rechten h?lt er den Vajra, in der Linken einen Skorpion.
Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, erworben bei Galerie Koller, Juni 1989, A71 Lot 39. Danach deutsche Privatsammlung, erworben bei Koller Zürich, M?rz 2008, A144 Lot 129. --------------- 鎏金銅合金金剛手菩薩像。 西藏，19世紀，高17厘米。 頭戴骷髏冠，手持金剛杵，怒髮衝冠，神態威嚴。
來源: 瑞士私人舊藏，于1989年購于闊樂公司，編號A71 lot 39。后德國私人收藏，于2008年3月購于蘇黎世闊樂，A144 lot 129。
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