SUBJECT in bronze, depicting Padmapani Lokeshvara standing in a slight "tribhanga" (haunched posture) on a lotiform base leaning against a mandorla, holding a lotus flower "padma" in his left hand, his right hand in "varadamudra" (gesture of giving), his hair in a bun and his head girded with a tiara. South India, 18th-19th centuries. A BRONZE FIGURE OF PADMAPANI LOKESHVARA, SOUTHERN INDIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURIES. HEIGHT. 16,5 CM (6 1/2 IN.)