A bronze figure of Samvara
A bronze figure of Samvara

SINO-TIBETAN, 18TH CENTURY

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A bronze figure of Samvara
Sino-Tibetan, 18th Century
Stepping in pratyalidhasana on prostrated figures on a beaded lotus base, embracing his shakti with crossed arms and holding the vajra and bell, his arms radiating around him with an elephant hide spanning his back, his faces with a ferocious expression surmounted by a skull tiara and conical headdress centered by a double-vajra
6 in. (16.6 cm.) high