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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF JAMBHALA

SINO-TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
3æ in. (9.4 cm.) high

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Pennsylvania Art Market.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1980s.

PUBLISHED

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no.24281
漢藏 十八世紀 鎏金銅藏巴拉像

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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA

SINO-TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) high

$25,000-35,000

PROVENANCE

Pennsylvania Art Market.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, by 1990.

PUBLISHED

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no.24282
漢藏 十八世紀 鎏金銅大黑天像

This fnely cast gilt bronze fgure of Mahakala, one of the primary
protector deities in Himalayan and Tibetan Buddhism, is depicted striding
in alidhasana atop the elephant-headed Vignataka, with his six arms
outstretched and holding various implements. The fgure is dressed in a
tiger skin with a garland of skulls hanging from his waist. Compare with a
gilt bronze fgure of Mahakala in the Prague Nation Gallery, which displays
nearly identical modeling of the hair, face, jewelry and accoutrements (HAR
item no. 57657).

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