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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ACHALA
TIBET, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

The wrathful protector striding in alidhasana,
holding his attributes of a sword and a noose,
wearing a tiger skin dhoti and an incised sash,
adorned with jewelry and entwined snakes, his
face in a ferce countenance with bared fangs
and bulging eyes with hair rising in a faming
bun and centered with a seated Buddha
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired
between 1962 and 1985

PUBLISHED:

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org),
item no. 24018

Compare with a bronze Achala with a similarly
modeled form and comparable treatment of the
garment and jewelry (D. Weldon and J. Casey,
Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the
Nyingjei Lam Collection, 1999, p.59, fg.23).

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