A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni with vajra. 15th century
A Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with his hands in dhyana and bumisparsa mudra with the vajra placed before him, clad in a diaphanous sanghati with the hems incised with foliage pattern, the urna marked with an inlaid turquoise. Old restoration to the back. Base open. 15th century.
Height 18.5 cm
Private collection Johan (1925-2003) and Ursula Strebel
Johann Strebel was born in Hamburg in February 1925, the son of Dr. Otto Strebel, director of the Hemmoor cement factory. In 1951 the qualified cement retailer married Ursula Oschewski (b. 1.9.1925), daughter of the goldsmith Kurt Olschewski who ran a jewellery business under the same name in Wiesbaden. In 1954 the jewellery business in Wilhelmstrasse changed its name to Strebel-Olschewski.
By procuring precious stones for the jeweler's shop, Johann and Ulla Strebel developed a fascination for Asian cultures and acquired valuable works of art on their many travels throughout Asia between 1955 and 1980, a time when travel in these countries was particularly arduous and uncomfortable.
Asian works of art were sold alongside the jewellery in the shop, but the couple also built up a private collection, with a wide cultural interest ranging from Tibet through South East Asia to Japan.
十五世紀 西藏 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼佛坐像
來源：德國威斯巴登Johann與Ursula Strebel