A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHRI DEVI

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2.500 € - 3.500 €

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Tibeto-Chinese, late 18th/ early 19th c.
L 14,8 cm
Seated astride her caparisoned mule trotting over a sea of blood encompassed by a mountain range, her right arm raised, the left hand holding kapala, her face displaying a wrathful expression, her red coloured flaming hair secured with a tiara and flanked by Makaravaktra and Simhavaktra, resealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 99
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 99, C 99 I and C 99 II, pp. 240, 241 and 242 - Very slightly chipped, minor wear

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