A TIBETAN IVORY GROUP
DEPICTING A FEROCIOUS DEITY WEARING A SKULL HEADDRESS, ELABORATE JEWELLERY AND DHOTI, HOLDING A KAPALA AND VAJRA, STANDING ON A PROSTRATE ACOLYTE AND FLANKED BY TWO FURTHER DEITIES, ONE ON THE BACK OF AN ANIMAL, THE OTHER ON ANOTHER ACOLYTE, ALL BEFORE A FLAMING MANDARLA, ON A LOTUS-PETAL BASE -- 3¾.IN (9.5CM) HIGH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY.
SEE COLOUR PLATE 14.
A TIBETAN IVORY GROUP
DEPICTING A FEROCIOUS DEITY WEARING A SKULL HEADDRESS, ELABORATE JEWELLERY AND DHOTI, HOLDING A KAPALA AND VAJRA, STANDING ON A PROSTRATE ACOLYTE AND FLANKED BY TWO FURTHER DEITIES, ONE ON THE BACK OF AN ANIMAL, THE OTHER ON ANOTHER ACOLYTE, ALL BEFORE A FLAMING MANDARLA, ON A LOTUS-PETAL BASE -- 3¾.IN (9.5CM) HIGH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY.
SEE COLOUR PLATE 14.
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