A gilt-bronze figure of Hayagriva

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 19th cent.
H, 18,5 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a figure reclining on the lotus base, his six arms radiating around his body, some hands holding attributes, wearing skirt, channavira, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes below bushy eyebrows, beard framing his chin, his red coloured flaming hairdo set with a horse head to its front and secured with a tiara decorated with skulls, unsealed.
European private collection - Attributes partly lost, slightly chipped