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TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini
Tibet, 16th century
The couple very finely cast standing in embrace, she holding a skullcup and curved knife and wearing an apron of beaded festoons inlaid with hardstones, he holding a vajra and ghanta in his principal hands, his radiating arms holding various other attributes and wearing a tiger-skin secured with a sash, their faces delicately touching at the nose and chin, both with three eyes and skull tiaras, richly gilt overall
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th century
The couple very finely cast standing in embrace, she holding a skullcup and curved knife and wearing an apron of beaded festoons inlaid with hardstones, he holding a vajra and ghanta in his principal hands, his radiating arms holding various other attributes and wearing a tiger-skin secured with a sash, their faces delicately touching at the nose and chin, both with three eyes and skull tiaras, richly gilt overall
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey, acquired and imported before 1968
By descent to present owner by 1980
By descent to present owner by 1980
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