A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF SAMVARA AND VAISHYAVAJRAVARAHI, standing in alidhasana on a separate cast lotus-base, moulded with the prostrating four-armed Bhairava, holding karttrika, damaru, gada and kapala, wearing tigerskin and the prostrating Kalaratri, holding karttrika and kapala, wearing tigerskin, Samvara with both hands in vajrahumkaramudra and holding the vajra and ghanta, wearing tigerskirt, mala of severed heads, floating scarf, many body-ornaments, five-leaf tiara with skulls, circular ear-rings, all set with turquoise, lapis lazuli and glass beads, his face with angry expression, almond-shaped eyes, urna, aquiline nose, half-open mouth, the jatamakuta with visvavajra and half-moon symbol, his prajna with the right leg around his middle, both hands holding kapala and karttrika, wearing human bone skirt, mala of severed heads, tiara with skulls, her face with urna and almond-shaped eyes, unsealed, 15th Century