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STATUETTE DE MAHAKALA EN BRONZE

CHINE DU SUD, PROVINCE DU YUNNAN, ROYAUME DE DALI, CIRCA XIIEME SIECLE

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STATUETTE DE MAHAKALA EN BRONZE
CHINE DU SUD, PROVINCE DU YUNNAN, ROYAUME DE DALI, CIRCA XIIEME SIECLE
Assis à l'occidentale sur un trône, ses deux mains principales tenant le kapala et le karttrika (à l'origine), les deux autres le tambour et le rosaire, vêtu du dhoti, paré des attributs des dharmapala, une écharpe flottant autour de ses épaules, le visage féroce, les cheveux coiffés en chignon
Hauteur: 11 cm. (4 3/8 in.)
Provenance
From a French private collection
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Further details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
SOUTH CHINA, YUNNAN REGION, DALI KINGDOM, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This bronze belongs to a small group of known examples stemming from the Yunnan region. For a standing Mahakala example see A. Lutz, Der Tempel der drei Pagoden von Dali, Museum Rietberg, Zurich 1991, pl. 140.

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