Lot Essay
Compare the Yongle marked example from the Speelman Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 October 2006, lot 814.
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MING DYNASTY 15TH CENTURY
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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF KAPALADHARA HEVAJRA
MING DYNASTY 15TH CENTURY
The deity is cast locked in union with his consort, Nairatma, his head with eight faces, each with the third eye. He has eight pairs of arms and two pairs of legs, the principal hands crossed behind his consort in pajnalinganabhinaya mudra holding kaplas containing an elephant and a seated monk in prayer, the remaining hands all holding kaplas containing effigies of animals and seated monks in prayer. Nairatma is holding a kartrika and kapala. The couple stands on two Maras above a double-lotus pedestal.
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) high
MING DYNASTY 15TH CENTURY
The deity is cast locked in union with his consort, Nairatma, his head with eight faces, each with the third eye. He has eight pairs of arms and two pairs of legs, the principal hands crossed behind his consort in pajnalinganabhinaya mudra holding kaplas containing an elephant and a seated monk in prayer, the remaining hands all holding kaplas containing effigies of animals and seated monks in prayer. Nairatma is holding a kartrika and kapala. The couple stands on two Maras above a double-lotus pedestal.
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from a Swiss private collection, formed prior to 2000
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