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TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Hayagriva
Tibet, circa 17th Century
Standing in alidhasana over a rockwork base with swirling sashes and snake wrapped around his torso, sporting a wrathful expression of furrowed brows and bared fangs with facial details highlighted in cold gold and polychrome, his hair in a curly topknot with horsehead finial and adorned with a skull headdress
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Tibet, circa 17th Century
Standing in alidhasana over a rockwork base with swirling sashes and snake wrapped around his torso, sporting a wrathful expression of furrowed brows and bared fangs with facial details highlighted in cold gold and polychrome, his hair in a curly topknot with horsehead finial and adorned with a skull headdress
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 29 April 1993, lot 266