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PROPERTY FROM AN EAST ASIAN PRIVATE The dharmapala and yidam Mahakala manifests
COLLECTION in dozens of forms. The current manifestion
A BRONZE FIGURE OF of Chaturbhuja Mahakala, a protector of the
Chakrasamvara Tantra, is depicted with the
CHATURBHUJA MAHAKALA primary hands holding a kartrika and kapala
TIBET, 15TH – 16TH CENTURY
filled with amrita; the secondary hands holding a
flaming khadga and khatvanga. Compare a 16th
cast seated on a supine corpse with the
hands spread over the upper beaded edge of century silver and copper-inlaid copper alloy
the lotus base, the primary hands depicted figure of identical iconography from the Sporer
holding a katrika and kapala filled with amrita, collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 15th
September 2015, lot 26. See also a silver figure
the secondary hands a flaming khadga and
khatvanga, further rendered with a ferocious of Chaturbhuja Mahakala from the Nyingjei Lam
expression framed by an elaborate five-skull collection, sold in these rooms, 3rd October 2017,
crown and wheel earrings, his corpulent body lot 3115.
further adorned with beaded jewellery and a long
garland of severed heads, traces of pigment, the
base sealed with a plate
15.4 cm, 6 in.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,300-25,700
十五至十六世紀 西藏銅財寶天王坐像

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