A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A YAKSHA GENERAL

TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

Details

A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A YAKSHA GENERAL
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
The pot-bellied figure, seated in lalitasana on a single lotus bases atop an ornate cushion, his right hand holding coral while his left rests on a mongoose, wearing a thick silk dhoti and scarf, his face with protruding eyes, smiling lips and goatee, his earlobes elongated with earrings, with a jeweled crown set in front of his chignon, heavily gilt overall, base sealed, and with an inscription on the verso
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high

Provenance

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired from Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 8 April 1970

Literature

Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24024

Lot Essay

One of the twelve Yaksha Generals from the mandala of Medicine Buddha, this sculpture is part of a fifty-one piece set of sculptures. Compare with another example possibly from the same set (U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p.454, fig.125B), and four others from this set, which sold at Christie’s Paris on 8 June 2010, lot 378.

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