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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Standing in alidhasana with a flayed skin around his waist, wearing a garland of severed heads, snakes, various necklaces, armlets and anklets, and a harness around his torso secured with a central rosette, the face with a fierce expression topped with a skull crown inset with hardstones
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Standing in alidhasana with a flayed skin around his waist, wearing a garland of severed heads, snakes, various necklaces, armlets and anklets, and a harness around his torso secured with a central rosette, the face with a fierce expression topped with a skull crown inset with hardstones
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, acquired in New York, 26 April 1997
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the above in 2004
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 700030
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Sandhya Jain-Patel