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NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara
Nepal, 18th century
Standing in alidhasana over prostrate figures on an ovoid lotus base with beaded rims, the four-faced figure with twelve arms bearing various weapons and ritual implements including a trident, axe, curved knife, dhamaru, khatvanga, kapala, lasso, and severed head, his principal hands crossed at the heart holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a bone apron and a garland of severed heads, the faces fierce each with three open eyes and disk-shaped earrings, crowned with a tiara of skulls and bone festoons
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high
Nepal, 18th century
Standing in alidhasana over prostrate figures on an ovoid lotus base with beaded rims, the four-faced figure with twelve arms bearing various weapons and ritual implements including a trident, axe, curved knife, dhamaru, khatvanga, kapala, lasso, and severed head, his principal hands crossed at the heart holding a vajra and ghanta, wearing a bone apron and a garland of severed heads, the faces fierce each with three open eyes and disk-shaped earrings, crowned with a tiara of skulls and bone festoons
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Ghigo Collection, London, acquired in London before 2000
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