A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE GROUP

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A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE GROUP
MID QING DYNASTY

The two confronted gilt bronze dieties Samvara and Nairatmya locked in an erotic pose, each wearing tieras decorated with skulls, above faces with snarling expressions, set with third eyes, wearing bracelets on their multiple arms and legs and ornate necklaces above their thin drapery, standing on the demons Bhairava and Kalaratri, all suported on a lotus throne--16in. (40.5cm.) high, box

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Cf. similar bronzes figures illustrated by P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, a selection of sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, 1977, Catalogue, pl. 105; and by Ulrich Von Scheolder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pls. 98D-98F

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