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    17 September 2003

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    • A Bronze Figural Group of Chak
    Lot 83

    A Bronze Figural Group of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi

    TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 8,365

    Estimate

    USD 8,000 - USD 10,000

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    A Bronze Figural Group of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
    Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
    Depicting the 4-faced figure striding in alidhasana over two prostrated figures while in yabyum with his consort Vajravarahi, adorned with skull garlands, tiger skin, long windswept sashes, and removable skull tiaras; the main figures and base executed in repoussé, while the smaller figures and arms cast and dovetailed
    15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Daiwa Kogei (ed.), Kan'non Botoke to Mikkyo Hiho, (Guanyin: Secret Treasures of Esoteric Buddhism), exhibition catalogue, 1975.


    Exhibited

    Japan, Wakayama Prefecture, Shirahama Museum, June 1975.


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