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TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A Wood Stele of Hayagriva
Tibet, 16th/17th Century
Standing in yab-yum with his consort, trampling two prostrate figures atop a lotus base, with three heads surmounted by a small horse head, four legs and six arms, holding an elephant skin across his back, a danda and in his right arms, and a sword and kapala in his left, with wrathful expressions on the faces, each wearing a tiara and foliate earrings, details highlighted in polychrome
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th/17th Century
Standing in yab-yum with his consort, trampling two prostrate figures atop a lotus base, with three heads surmounted by a small horse head, four legs and six arms, holding an elephant skin across his back, a danda and in his right arms, and a sword and kapala in his left, with wrathful expressions on the faces, each wearing a tiara and foliate earrings, details highlighted in polychrome
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high