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ANOTHER PROPERTY Standing in alidhasana on prostrate bodies atop a lotus base, the wrathful
protector stands in union with Naraitmya. He holds a kapala in one of his
631 primary hands, while his other arms radiate around him. Identifable by his
A GILT AND POLYCHROMED CAST AND REPOUSSÉ wings and three horse’s heads emerging out of his faming hair, Hayagriva
COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF HAYAGRIVA rules over the nagas and has the power to heal disease. This particular three-
headed, six-armed depiction is classifed as a “Supersecret” form identifed
TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY in a vision by the Fifth Dalai Lama (M. Rhie and R. Thurman, Worlds of
17æ in. (44 cm.) high Transformation: Tibetan Art of Wisdom and Compassion, New York, 1999,
p. 377, cat.no. 140). The present work retains much of the original gilding, as
$60,000-80,000 well as the original pigments.

西藏 十七/十八世紀 鎏金加彩鑄銅及銅皮馬頭明王立像 55

PROVENANCE

Collection of the late Hans J. Christensen, 1922 - 1985.
Acquired by the present owner from Christie’s London, 13 May 2016, lot 667.

PUBLISHED

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24334