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TIBET, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Figure of Achala
Tibet, 12th/13th Century
The figure powerfully striding in alidhasana over the prostrated figure of elephant-headed Vighnanraja while holding his sword aloft, the other hand in tarjani mudra holding a noose, wearing an animal-skin whose face appears on his right thigh with copper inlaid eyes, and cobra ornaments on his hands, ankles, stomach and headdress, his face fiercely modeled with bulging copper eyes and bared silver teeth, his hair arranged in a flame-shaped bun bearing an effigy of Buddha
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
Tibet, 12th/13th Century
The figure powerfully striding in alidhasana over the prostrated figure of elephant-headed Vighnanraja while holding his sword aloft, the other hand in tarjani mudra holding a noose, wearing an animal-skin whose face appears on his right thigh with copper inlaid eyes, and cobra ornaments on his hands, ankles, stomach and headdress, his face fiercely modeled with bulging copper eyes and bared silver teeth, his hair arranged in a flame-shaped bun bearing an effigy of Buddha
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high