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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF HAYAGRIVA A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
WITH CONSORT Qing, 18th century
Qing, 18th century Trampling two snakes, his raised right hand holding a vajra, his left in
Trampling two prone figures, he embraces his consort holding the tarjani mudra, his torso wrapped with a tiger skin, a snake, and the
lotus and scented kapala, the horse head rises out of his flame-like Wheel of Dharma below his ferocious face.
hair. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) high
5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high $3,000 - 5,000
$5,000 - 8,000
清十八世紀 銅鎏金金剛手菩薩像
清十八世紀 銅鎏金馬頭明王像
Compare to similar figures of Vajrapani sold at Christie’s, New York, 17
A refined example with energetically modeled and chased hair September 1998, lot 124, and 16 September 2014, lot 267.
and facial features accentuating the sculpture’s vitality and ferocity.
Keenly detailed, the tongue from his right mouth extends towards Referenced
the ambrosia spilling towards it from the kapala in his consort’s left HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33033
hand. Compare the hair, the facial expression and the lotus base to an
example published in Art Lamaïque, Brussels, 1975, pl.98. Provenance
Estate of Naomi Lindstrom, San Francisco, acquired 1950-1970
Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33028

Provenance
Private Collection, Canada

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