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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The tantric deity standing in alidhasana with a recumbent figure under each foot over a single lotus base, her left hand holding up a skullcup and her right holding a curved knife, two small severed heads resting on her left shoulder, backed by a flaming aureole centered at the top with the head of a wrathful creature
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The tantric deity standing in alidhasana with a recumbent figure under each foot over a single lotus base, her left hand holding up a skullcup and her right holding a curved knife, two small severed heads resting on her left shoulder, backed by a flaming aureole centered at the top with the head of a wrathful creature
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
Provenance
The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired between 1962 and 1985
Literature
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), item no. 24026