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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SIMHAMUKHA Compare with another closely related example in the Phoenix Art
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796) Museum, see Buddhist Bronzes, 1969, pl. 47.
With remains of gilding.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61664 Provenance
15.2 cm (6 in.) high Alex Biancardi, London, 1979/80
HK$50,000 - 80,000
乾隆時期（1735-1796）獅面空行母銅像
The lion-faced dakini, Simhamukha, is both an important retinue
deity of the Chakrasamavara tantra, and a yidam in her own right.
Also, in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism she is revered as
a manifestation of Padmasambhava. Simhamukha dances on her
left toe with her right leg drawn up. She holds a ritual knife in her
raised right hand, and a blood-filled skull cup in her left. Her already
formidable face is further enlivened by the flaming hair waiving in the
air. Her sashes flutter in the wind.
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