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Lot 49
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SADBHUJAMAHAKALA
Estimated Value:
1.800 € - 2.500 €
Schätzpreis:
2.600 €
Description:
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/ 19th c.H. 17,5 cm
Trampling in alidhasana on an elephant prostrating on a lotus base, his principle hands holding karttrika and kapala, the other four the prescribed attributes, wearing tiger-skirt, mala of severed heads, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes, open mouth showing fangs, beard framing his chin and his flaming hairdo secured with a tiara decorated with skulls, unsealed.
European private collection, acquired prior to 1950
Very minor wear, attributes partly lost, traces of age
