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Lot Essay
Riding atop a goat with twisted horns and mouth agape, though missing his vajra-hammer and blacksmith's bellows, this fierce Tibetan Buddhist protector looks ready to take action against all threats to the Nyingma tradition he vowed to protect as an attendant of Dorje Lekpa. The careful hand of the artist can be seen in the natural-rendering of windblown hair and the incised details along the hem of his heavy robes.