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Christie’s and the consignors of lots 208-255 intend to donate a portion of their proceeds received from the sale of the lot to Himalayan Art Resources, a 501(c)(3) not-for profit charity. Please note that a buyers who purchase these lots will not be eligible for any charitable contribution deduction in relation to such purchase.
A Polychromed Clay Figure of Hayagriva and Naraitmya
Tibet, 18th Century
Details
A Polychromed Clay Figure of Hayagriva and Naraitmya
Tibet, 18th Century
The couple in embrace over prone figures on a multi-colored lotus base, he with red skin and three faces surmounted by a skull crown and a horse head in wavy upright hair, wearing a tiger-skin and skirt of severed-heads, she with blue skin wearing a leopard-skin skirt, both backed by green wings
14 ½ in. (36.2 cm.) high
Tibet, 18th Century
The couple in embrace over prone figures on a multi-colored lotus base, he with red skin and three faces surmounted by a skull crown and a horse head in wavy upright hair, wearing a tiger-skin and skirt of severed-heads, she with blue skin wearing a leopard-skin skirt, both backed by green wings
14 ½ in. (36.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org), item no.24105
Sale room notice
Christie’s and the consignors of lots 208-255 intend to donate a portion of their proceeds received from the sale of the lot to Himalayan Art Resources, a 501(c)(3) not-for profit charity. Please note that a buyers who purchase these lots will not be eligible for any charitable contribution deduction in relation to such purchase.
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