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STATUE DE HEVAJRA EN BRONZE DORÉ
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Il est représenté piétinant deux divinités placées
sur une base lotiforme. Ses seize bras rayonnent
autour de lui, chaque main tenant un kapala
surmonté d'un animal ou d'une divinité. Ses mains
principales enlacent sa parèdre. Paré de bijoux, il
porte deux malas. Ses neuf visages montrent des
expressions diverses ; non-scellée.
Hauteur: 16 cm. (6º in.)
€10,000-15,000 US$12,000-17,000
£8,700-13,000
PROVENANCE:
The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle
Fournier of Himalayan Art, France, collected in
Europe during 1970s-1980s.
This fne gilt-bronze statue depicts Hevajra in union
with his female consort Nairatmya. His sixteen
hands hold each a skull-cup containing diminutive
gods and animals that embody diferent qualities
of Hevajra. The gods represent earth, fre, water,
air, sun, moon, death and wealth. His eight faces
guard all directions and one face emerge from his
hairdo. Hevajra is the principal tutelary deity of the
Saskyapa order and has a tantra text named after
him. Three dimensional representations of Hevajra
in sexual embrace with his consort Nairatmya are
rare compared to painted representations as such a
composition was a tour-de-force to create.
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF HEVAJRA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
西藏 十五世紀 銅鎏金喜金剛及佛母立像
來源：法國藏家Lionel及Danielle Fournier重要
喜馬拉雅藝術珍藏，於1970至1980年代購自歐洲

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