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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MANHATTAN PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION PROVENANCE
COLLECTION
A PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY Binoche and Giquello Auction, April 2009, lot 188.
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA Binoche and Giquello Auction, December 17,
KRODHA BHURKUMKUTA 2008, lot 94.
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century Tibeto-Chinese, Qing 18th Century Sotheby’s London, June 10, 1985, lot 261.
the buffalo-headed protector deity with his For the type, cf. Von Schroeder, 1981, Indo-
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13623. consort standing in fierce alidhasana on an oval
Height 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) throne, the faces and hair with traces of cold gold Tibetan Bronzes, no. 154A, p. 544.
and polychromy, the primary face of the yidam
PROVENANCE $ 25,000-35,000
with three bulging eyes and bared fangs, wearing
E&J Frankel, New York.
a skull crown with flaming red hair streaming
upwards, his thirty-four arms holding various
$ 7,000-9,000 ritual objects with the primary arms of the yidam
and consort holding kartrika and kapalas, both
adorned in the six Tantric bone ornaments and
trampling on deities, animals and beasts
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13616.
Height 7⅞ in. (20 cm.)
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