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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The elephant headed attendant standing erect on a recumbent bull The tantric deity standing in alidhasana with a recumbent fgure under
over a human fgure atop a lotus base, his right hand raised and each foot over a single lotus base, her left hand holding up a skullcup
holding a curved knife, adorned with beaded jewelry. and her right holding a curved knife, two small severed heads resting
4√ in. (12.5 cm.) high on her left shoulder, backed by a faming aureole centered at the top
with the head of a wrathful creature
$5,000-7,000 5√ in. (15 cm.) high
PROVENANCE: $3,000-5,000
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985 PROVENANCE:
PUBLISHED: The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24025 PUBLISHED:
The base was likely a mount intended for a Yama Dharmaraja and was later Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24026
combined with the attendant fgure.
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