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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WRATHFUL DEITY
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Standing in alidhasana with a fayed skin
around his waist, wearing a garland of
severed heads, snakes, various necklaces,
armlets and anklets, and a harness around his
torso secured with a central rosette, the face
with a ferce expression topped with a skull
crown inset with hardstones
8ยบ in. (21 cm.) high
$18,000-24,000
PROVENANCE:
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation,
acquired in New York, 26 April 1997
Rubin Museum of Art, gifted from the
above in 2004
PUBLISHED:
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 700030
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