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Lot 499
A gilt-bronze figure of the Yama
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
22.015 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Mongolia, 18th cent.H. 23,2 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on the separate cast bull reclining on a figure placed on the lotus base, his right hand brandishing the club while the left is holding the pasha, naked, ithyphallic, mala of severed heads, channavira, bejewelled, his bull-head with open snout showing a double row of teeth and fangs, protruding tongue, pair of ears and horns and the red coloured flaming hairdo secured with a tiara set with skulls, resealed.
Important South German private collection assembled between 1956 and 2004, coll. no. 35, according to handwritten note on the collection card acquired from Ostasiatica Kuo in Berlin - Minim. traces of age, the sword with short break
