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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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         A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PALDEN LHAMO AND STAND
         QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
         The fierce goddess is seated sideways on a flayed skin on top of a mule over a separately
         cast rocky base carved with waves surrounding a sea of swirling blood. The figure is shown
         with her right arm upraised and left holding a kapala, adorned in beaded jewellery and a
         garland of severed heads over her shoulders. Her wrathful face is cast with bulging eyes and
         a third eye on the forehead, below flame-like hair. There are traces of red pigment to the
         sea, hair, mouth and the kapala.
         11‚ in. (27.5 cm.) high
         HK$150,000-260,000                               US$20,000-33,000

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