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Lot 14
A LARGE AND RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF ACALA
Estimated Value:
20.000 € - 30.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, 13th cent.H. 36 cm
Standing in alidhasana with his raised right hand holding the sword while his left is showing the tarjanimudra, wearing tiger-skin skirt, snake-upavita, scarf draped around his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a ferocious expression with bulging eyes below raised bushy eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, beard and mustache framing his chin respectively his open mouth showing a double row of teeth and fangs, elongated earlobes with large ear plugs, his flaming hairdo secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of lotus flowers and swaying ribbons, the reverse with closed relic cavity, traces of cold-gilding, on wood stand.
Important Bavarian private collection, illustrated on a photo of the sculpture dated 1996 (original preserved)
This bronze figure of Acalā (Tibetan Mi g.yo ba, “the Unshakable”) represents a key manifestation within tantric iconography. Acalā is counted among the eight Vidyarāja, or Wisdom Kings, wrathful embodiments of enlightened insight. In this depiction, he wields in his right hand the sword of wisdom (jñāna-asi), with which he cuts through ignorance, while in his left he brandishes a lasso used to bind the passions - Part. minor rest. and damages due to age
