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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A gilt bronze figure of Yamantaka
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Yamantaka
Tibet, 18th century
The ferocious deity standing in pratyalidhasana on the back of a recumbent festooned bull above a prostrate figure on a lotus base, adorned with beaded festoons and a long garland of skulls, holding a skullcap, a curved knife and drum, his animated face with open mouth, three bulging eyes and bushy brows, surmounted by a tiara of skulls
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Tibet, 18th century
The ferocious deity standing in pratyalidhasana on the back of a recumbent festooned bull above a prostrate figure on a lotus base, adorned with beaded festoons and a long garland of skulls, holding a skullcap, a curved knife and drum, his animated face with open mouth, three bulging eyes and bushy brows, surmounted by a tiara of skulls
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, circa 1990
Private Collection, Sweden, 1993
Acquired in Santa Fe, 2005
Private Collection, Sweden, 1993
Acquired in Santa Fe, 2005