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STATUE D’UNE DIVINITE TANTRIQUE EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
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STATUE D’UNE DIVINITE TANTRIQUE EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
He is seated with his legs crossed on a separate cast lotus base holding the vajra and kapala. His cold-gilded face displays a ferocious expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows. His blue coloured hair is coiffed in a chignon topped with a lotus flower and secured with a five-leaf tiara from which beaded strings are swaying.
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
He is seated with his legs crossed on a separate cast lotus base holding the vajra and kapala. His cold-gilded face displays a ferocious expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows. His blue coloured hair is coiffed in a chignon topped with a lotus flower and secured with a five-leaf tiara from which beaded strings are swaying.
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A TANTRIC DEITY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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