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           A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF HAYAGRIVA AND CONSORT
           19th/20th century
           Modelled standing in alidhasana on prostrate bodies on a double
           lotus base, grasping his consort in yabyum position and holding a
           kapala in one of his primary hands, his other arms radiating around
           him, a pair of wings emanating from the shoulders, the primary and
           two flanking heads cast in a wrathful expression beneath tall flaming
           hair.
           30cm (11.7/8in) high. (2).

           £2,000 - 3,000
           HK$20,000 - 31,000
           CNY18,000 - 27,000

           The Property of a Gentleman

           Provenance
           A distinguished English Private Collection





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                                                             A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
                                                             19th century
                                                             The wrathful deity cast wearing full armour, with wild hair and
                                                             billowing ribbons about the ferocious face, striding atop a prostrate
                                                             elephant headed demon, the right hand holding a sword, the left with
                                                             a floral sprig, all raised on a lotus plinth. 18cm (7 1/8in) high (2).
                                                             £1,500 - 2,000
                                                             HK$15,000 - 20,000
                                                             CNY13,000 - 18,000






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           A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
           Tibet, 18th century
           The wrathful deity cast with wild flaming hair and a ferocious visage,
           the hands holding a vajra and lasso, wearing a tiger-skin dhoti and
           with a snake around the shoulders, stood atop a lotus plinth and
           surrounded with a flaming mandorla 9.5cm (3 3/4in) high (2).

           £2,000 - 3,000
           HK$20,000 - 31,000
           CNY18,000 - 27,000

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