Lot Essay
Compare with another example from the Gerd Wolfgang Essen Collection, in G.-W. Essen and T. Thingo, Die Gotter des Himalaya, 1989, fig. I-98, p. 160.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A bronze figure of Achala
TIBET, 13TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Achala
Tibet, 13th Century
The wrathful protector striding in alidhasana brandishing his attributes of a sword and a noose, wearing a finely incised tigerskin dhoti, swirling sashes, inlaid jewelry, and coiled snakes, his face in a fierce countenance with bared fangs and bulging eyes with hair rising in a flaming bun, the face with remains of cold gold
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high
Tibet, 13th Century
The wrathful protector striding in alidhasana brandishing his attributes of a sword and a noose, wearing a finely incised tigerskin dhoti, swirling sashes, inlaid jewelry, and coiled snakes, his face in a fierce countenance with bared fangs and bulging eyes with hair rising in a flaming bun, the face with remains of cold gold
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1998