A Tibeto Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala , 18TH CENTURY

Sale 2687

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art

Amsterdam

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18 April 2005

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Lot 77

A Tibeto Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala

18TH CENTURY

Price realised

EUR 3,840

Estimate

EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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A Tibeto Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala
18th century
Standing in pratyalidhasana on Ganesha reclining on a lotus pericarp, his six hands holding the specific attributes, wearing tiger skin and elephant skin at his back, snake garland, bejewelled, his face with wrathful expression, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, tiara with five skulls in front of a red coloured flaming hairdress, sealed
18 cm high

Provenance

Ferrari Antiques, Buenos Aires 1977
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Exhibited

Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, Arte del Himalaya, Buenos Aires 1980

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Lot 77

A Tibeto Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala

18TH CENTURY

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