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LATE 15TH CENTURY
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A Tibetan bronze figure of Yama
late 15th century
Standing in alidhasana on a bull reclining on the lotus pericarp, both hands carrying karrtrika and kapala, ityphallic, wearing garland, bejewelled, his bull face with bulging eyes, open snout, elongated earlobes, pair of horns, tiara set with five skulls in front of a red coloured high chignon topped with half-vajra, traces of cold-gilding, re-sealed
14 cm high
late 15th century
Standing in alidhasana on a bull reclining on the lotus pericarp, both hands carrying karrtrika and kapala, ityphallic, wearing garland, bejewelled, his bull face with bulging eyes, open snout, elongated earlobes, pair of horns, tiara set with five skulls in front of a red coloured high chignon topped with half-vajra, traces of cold-gilding, re-sealed
14 cm high
Provenance
Pada, Paris
A. Gilardone, 1977
A. Gilardone, 1977
Exhibited
Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, Arte del Himalaya, Buenos Aires 1980
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