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TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
Tibet, 17th Century
Very finely cast standing over prostrate figures on a double-lotus throne, he with three faces and twelve arms holding various implements radiating about them, his principle arms around her holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a garland of severed heads and a tiger skin at the back, she with a skullcup in her left hand and a chopper in her right, her right leg wrapped around him, wearing a bone apron, their faces highlighted in cold gold and polychromy
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Tibet, 17th Century
Very finely cast standing over prostrate figures on a double-lotus throne, he with three faces and twelve arms holding various implements radiating about them, his principle arms around her holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a garland of severed heads and a tiger skin at the back, she with a skullcup in her left hand and a chopper in her right, her right leg wrapped around him, wearing a bone apron, their faces highlighted in cold gold and polychromy
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired between 1985-1995