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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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