A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BEGTSE

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/19th c.
H. 11,3 cm
Standing in alidhasana on a horse and divinity reclining on the lotus base, his raised right hand brandishing the sword while the left grasping the heart emblem, wearing armour, tunic, scarf floating around his shoulders, boots, his face displaying a wrathful expression and his red coloured flaming hairdo secured with a tiara ornamented with skulls, resealed.
Old Bavarian private collection, assembled before 2000 - Very minor traces of age and wear