TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A Bronze Figure of Virupa
Tibet, 15th/16th Century
Seated beside a vase over an antelope skin on a lotus base, with an incised yogic meditation band spanning across his legs and gesturing upwards with his right hand, wearing beaded jewelry and a floral headdress and garland, his hair knotted in a high chignon and falling in rows of curly strands, his face in a sanguine disposition with lips curled in a broad smile
5¼ in. (14 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Virupa is one of the eighty four mahasiddhas of the Indo-Tibetan tantric tradition. His upraised right hand recalls the story that he once used his powers to stop the sun so as to avoid paying his tavern bil; compare an earlier bronze sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2000, lot 58.

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