a tibetan gilt-copper figure of samvara
a tibetan gilt-copper figure of samvara

15TH CENTURY

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a tibetan gilt-copper figure of samvara
15th century
Standing in alidhsana on Bhairava and Kalaratri, lying on the lotus base, both hands encompassing his female partner and holding vajra and ghanta, wearing body ornaments set with turquoise beads, including a mala of skulls and severed heads, his face with wrathful expression, his partner holding karttrika and kapala, wearing bone skirt set with turquoise beads, unsealed
21 cm high

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