TIBET, XVEME SIECLE

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STATUE DE HAYAGRIVA EN BRONZE
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté avec ses quatre jambes en pratyalidhasana sur une base lotiforme, deux de ses six bras enlaçant sa sakti, ses mains principales tenant le cœur et le kapala. Il est vêtu d'une peau de tigre, paré de bijoux, les ailes déployées, ses trois têtes menaçantes, les cheveux en flammes dressées d'où surgit une tête de cheval ; sa sakti tenant le kapala de la main gauche, la droite un cœur ; scellée.
Hauteur: 16,5 cm. (6 ½ in.)

Provenance

The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle Fournier of Himalayan Art, France, collected in Europe during 1970s-1980s.

Literature

D. I. Lauf, ‘Divinites Terribles du bouddhisme Vajrayana’, Galerie Marco Polo, Paris Spring 1978, pl. 23

Further details

A BRONZE FIGURE OF HAYAGRIVA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

He can be recognised by the horse-head topping his hair-dress. Hayagriva (‘horse-neck’) is an important deity in Tibet, Mongolia and China as their large nomadic community adopted him as protector of horses. He is considered to be a defender of the Buddhist faith and is as well a tutelary deity. This rare esoteric example tramples in pratyalidhasana on some snakes, embraces his consort Vajravarahi and has a pair of wings behind. The base is engraved with an inscription giving his name.

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