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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF HAYAGRIVA
Tibet, 18th/19th century
The deity cast striding in alidhasana over a lotus
base, adorned with snakes around the neck
and ankles, the face ferocious with bared fangs
and bulging eyes, surmounted by a skull tiara
surrounding the high chignon set with a horse
head, complete with removable silk garments which
include a tiger skin around the waist and a cloud-
collar at the neck, the sealed base incised with a
double vajra.
18.5cm (7 2/8in) high (3).
£7,000 - 9,000
HK$82,000 - 110,000
CNY68,000 - 87,000
西藏十八/十九世紀 銅鎏金馬頭明王立像
Provenance: the Jeannette Claude Jongen
collection of Buddhist Art
Published and Illustrated: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art
Lamaique et de L’Himalaya, Brussels, 1978, p.112,
pl.12 (the catalogue is offered as part of the lot).
來源: Jeannette Claude Jongen夫人珍藏
佛教藝術品
收錄及出版: A.Neven, Etudes D’Art Lamaique et
de L’Himalaya, 布魯塞爾, 1978年, 頁112, 圖12
(此拍品將附贈圖錄一冊)
See another figure from the same set,
Candavajrapani, illustrated by U.von Schroeder,
Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.458,
no.127B.
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