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TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Figure of Simhamukha Dakini
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
The lion-faced figure dancing in ardhaparyankasana over a prostrated figure, holding a ritual chopper and skullcup, wearing garlands of severed heads and snakes, flayed human and tiger skins and windswept sashes, her face in a wrathful countenance with tongue bared, bulging eyes and flaming hair adorned by a skull tiara; the base separately cast
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
The lion-faced figure dancing in ardhaparyankasana over a prostrated figure, holding a ritual chopper and skullcup, wearing garlands of severed heads and snakes, flayed human and tiger skins and windswept sashes, her face in a wrathful countenance with tongue bared, bulging eyes and flaming hair adorned by a skull tiara; the base separately cast
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Nitta Group Collection
Literature
National Palace Museum, Taiwan, The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom: Special Exhibition Catalog of the Buddhist Bronzes from the Nitta Group Collection at the National Palace Museum, 1987, p. 120, pl. 26.