Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
A Rare Silver, Copper and Gilt-Copper Figure of Sahaja Chakrasamvara and Vaishyavajravarahi
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Silver, Copper and Gilt-Copper Figure of Sahaja Chakrasamvara and Vaishyavajravarahi
Tibet, 16th Century
Striding in pratyalidhasana on a separately cast lotus base, Samvara holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a tiger skin, mala of severed heads and other body-ornaments, with a channavira at his back, and crown set with skulls; Vaishyavajravarahi with her right foot around his body, holding a karttrika and kapala, wearing a mala of skulls, body ornaments; both figures with cold-gilded faces and painted details in polychrome, base sealed
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th Century
Striding in pratyalidhasana on a separately cast lotus base, Samvara holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a tiger skin, mala of severed heads and other body-ornaments, with a channavira at his back, and crown set with skulls; Vaishyavajravarahi with her right foot around his body, holding a karttrika and kapala, wearing a mala of skulls, body ornaments; both figures with cold-gilded faces and painted details in polychrome, base sealed
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
The Kemper Collection, previously sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 11 October 1994, lot 215 (cover)