PF1217

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Lot 122
  • 122

Statuette de Mahakala en bronze partiellement doré Tibet, XIXE siècle

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • bronze
représentée debout en pratyalidhasana, les pieds écrasant une divinité à tête d'éléphant reposant sur une base lotiforme, ses mains principales tenant le kartika et le kapala, les autres rayonnant autour d'elle tenant divers attributs, le visage menaçant auréolé d'une chevelure enflammée et du diadème à cinq crânes, la base non-scellée

Condition

The figure is in good overall condition with the gilding partly worn as expected and small chips to the extremity of the fingers of his right hand holding the vajra ; the base unsealed.
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