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TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
Heavily cast striding to his right, wearing a tiger-skin dhoti and billowing sash, adorned with a garland of freshly severed heads and a snake, his face with three bulging eyes and gaping mouth, his flaming hair centered by a horse head and secured with a skull tiara
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
Heavily cast striding to his right, wearing a tiger-skin dhoti and billowing sash, adorned with a garland of freshly severed heads and a snake, his face with three bulging eyes and gaping mouth, his flaming hair centered by a horse head and secured with a skull tiara
5½ in. (14 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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