A GILT-BRONZE TANTRIC DIVINITY

Description:

Tibet, early 19th c.
H. 14,2 cm (o.S.)
Standing in dancing posture with his raised right hand holding the karttrika while the left is holding the kapala, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, his face displaying a severe expression with raised eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and his partner embracing him with both legs set around his middle and her hands holding the karttrika and Kapala, on wood base.
German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Minor wear, partly chipped