A Sino-Tibetan brown patinated bronze figure of Padmapani, 17th century, modelled in the Pala period style, seated in lalitasana on the back of a crouching Buddhistic lion with head turned upwards looking at the deity, on a double lotus throne, height 24cm (lotus (padma) flowerhead missing at left shoulder). Provenance: the Alain Presencer Collection. Note: the lotus-bearer Padmapani was a favoured form of Avalokiteshvara, the embodiment of Buddhist compassion.