Sale 2551
New York
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21 March 2012
Price realised
USD 12,500
Estimate
A gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani Tibet or Tibeto-Chinese, 17th/18th century Striding in alidhasana, his left hand in vitarkamudra and his right raised holding a vajra, dressed in a tiger skin and adorned with beaded festoons, sashes, and a snake, the face with wrathful expression surmounted by a tiara with the hair in flames 5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998
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