Lot 134
  • 134

Petite statuette de Kalachakra en alliage de cuivre doré Tibet, XIVE-XVE siècle

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Bronze
la divinité à vingt-quatre bras debout en yab-yum, enlaçant sa parèdre à huit bras Vishvamata, leurs bras rayonnant autour d’eux et tenant de nombreux attributs, chacun avec quatre têtes couronnées de tiares foliacées, richement parés de ceintures à pendeloques et bijoux rehaussés d’incrustations de pierres dures, socle en bois (2)

Condition

The figure is missing its base, the hardstone inlays are mostly missing or replaced, the gilding worn particularly to the back, traces of red pigments to the mouth and hair of some faces, later wooden base
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