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A MAGNIFICENT GILT COPPER-ALLOY FIGURE OF
YAMA DHARMARAJA
18th century
The wrathful deity elaborately cast striding in pratyalidhasana on a
recumbent bull above a man lying on his back above a lotus pedestal,
heavily embellished with a garland of severed heads and beaded
jewellery, wearing a sash billowing around his shoulders, his buffalo
head displaying a ferocious expression with bushy eyebrows, flared
nostrils and snarling mouth, surmounted by flamelike red hair secured
by a skull tiara.
33.2cm (13 1/8in) high

HK$2,500,000 - 3,500,000
US$320,000 - 450,000

十八世紀 銅鎏金閻魔護法像

Provenance:
An English private collection

Himalayan Art Resources item no.2138

來源：
英國私人收藏

喜馬拉雅藝術資源網2138號

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