Lot Essay
This bronze figure is a depiction of Bodong Namkha Sanggye Gonpo, a rare example of statue likely used in a rite related to the Bodong tradition of Simhamukha, the Lion-Faced Dakini.
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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ESTATE
A rare BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION-HEADED DAKINI
TIBET, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Details
A rare BRONZE FIGURE OF A LION-HEADED DAKINI
Tibet, circa 16th Century
Seated over a pair of corpses on a lotus base, her hands supporting a kalasha in her lap, wearing a flayed elephant skin and a garland of severed heads around her shoulders, armbands, necklace and a skull diadem, her face with traces of red lacquer
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
Tibet, circa 16th Century
Seated over a pair of corpses on a lotus base, her hands supporting a kalasha in her lap, wearing a flayed elephant skin and a garland of severed heads around her shoulders, armbands, necklace and a skull diadem, her face with traces of red lacquer
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, acquired in 1970