A fine gilt-bronze figure of Jambhala


19th centuryThe richly gilded figure finely cast seated in lalitasana atop a lotus-petal base, adorned in a dhoti revealing the chest, rotund belly and sumptuous jewellery, the stern expression framed under an elaborate five-leaf crown, holding a mongoose in the left hand and a bijapuraka fruit in the right hand. 16cm (6 1/4in) high.
|十九世紀 銅鎏金五姓財神坐像Provenance: reputedly gifted by Count Tito Francois to Mr. Raffaello Landini in the 1960's, and thence by descent.來源：據傳於1960年代由Tito Francois伯爵贈予Raffaello Landini先生，並由後人保存迄今Count Tito Francois was a descendant of Alessandro Francois, a 19th century archaeologist and nobleman who discovered the important Greek Krater known as the 'Francois vase', now in the collection of the Museum Archeologico in Florence. Count Tito Francois lived in the Castle of Querceto, and was Mr. Raffaello Landini's neighbour in his mansion of Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Chianti.