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TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ANIMAL-HEADED ATTENDANT
TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Standing with one foot raised in dance, holding a kapala in is left hand and a vajra in his right, an animal skin wrapped around his waist and a human skin around his shoulders, adorned in beaded jewelry, his face with wide open eyes and long snout accentuated by an open smiling mouth, two horns atop his head centered by a vajra in front of flaming hair with polychromy remaining
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Standing with one foot raised in dance, holding a kapala in is left hand and a vajra in his right, an animal skin wrapped around his waist and a human skin around his shoulders, adorned in beaded jewelry, his face with wide open eyes and long snout accentuated by an open smiling mouth, two horns atop his head centered by a vajra in front of flaming hair with polychromy remaining
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24035