A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA AND A TRAVELLING SHRINE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

boldly cast in the form of the wrathful manifestation of Manjusri, the buffalo-faced deity clasping his consort Vajravetali and stepping in pratyalidha with his sixteen legs and trampling a host of demons and birds underfoot, brilliantly gilded with rich painted red details, together with a gilt copper travelling shrine, gau, of arched outline with beaded rim and petal frieze inset with turquoise, worked in repousse with a Kalachakra emblem below a flame and crescent sun, flanked by the characters yue (moon) and ri (sun) and wreathed by foliate scrolls

Sotheby's New York, 18th March 2009, lot 8.

The figure is in good overall condition. Although as visible in the catalogue photo, some often attributes in the hands are no longer present, the base plate is intact and the gilding throughout is well preserved. The shrine is well preserved, with just general surface wear and oxidisation. Photos of the shrine are available upon request.
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Another figure of similar size, iconography and workmanship is illustrated by Hung Shih Chang and Jessica P. P. Hsu, eds. Buddhist Art from Rehol: Tibetan Buddhist images and ritual objects from the Qing dynasty Summer Palace at Chengde, Taipei, 1999, p. 122, pl. 46. Compare also a larger example sold at Christie's New York, 15-16th March 2015, lot 3214.