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NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Vajrabhairava
Nepal, 15th century
Striding in alidhasana on the backs of a menagerie of animals supported by prostrate figures over a double-lotus base, holding a skull cup and vajra in his primary hands and a multitude of weapons in the others, adorned with the sacred thread and a garland of severed heads, the central face in the form of a bull with tongue wagging, with eight human faces stacked on either side and above, the base sealed with a double-vajra
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Nepal, 15th century
Striding in alidhasana on the backs of a menagerie of animals supported by prostrate figures over a double-lotus base, holding a skull cup and vajra in his primary hands and a multitude of weapons in the others, adorned with the sacred thread and a garland of severed heads, the central face in the form of a bull with tongue wagging, with eight human faces stacked on either side and above, the base sealed with a double-vajra
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, mid 1980s
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