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TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Details
A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF ACHALA
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Kneeling in alidhasana on a beaded double-lotus base, with one hand in tarjanimudra holding a lasso and the other brandishing a sword, wearing a dhoti incised with a dotted roundels and secured by a beaded belt and a sash around his shoulders, adorned with beaded necklaces, his face in wrathful expression with two silver-inlaid eyes, surmounted by a conical chignon, with gilding remaining in recessed areas
6 1/3 in. (16 cm.) high
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Kneeling in alidhasana on a beaded double-lotus base, with one hand in tarjanimudra holding a lasso and the other brandishing a sword, wearing a dhoti incised with a dotted roundels and secured by a beaded belt and a sash around his shoulders, adorned with beaded necklaces, his face in wrathful expression with two silver-inlaid eyes, surmounted by a conical chignon, with gilding remaining in recessed areas
6 1/3 in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24019