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Lot 48
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SADBHUJAMAHAKALA
Estimated Value:
2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result:
10.360 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, 18th c.H. 15 cm (o.S.)
Standing in pratyalidhasana with his six arms radiating around his body, his principle hands holding karttrika and kapala, wearing tiger-skin skirt, mala of severed heads, snake curling around his neck, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes, open mouth and a flaming hairdo secured with a tiara decorated with five skulls, wood base.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 97
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 97, pp. 236 and 237 - Very slightly chipped, minor wear, one finger lost
