A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAVARAHI Tibet, 18th Century

standing in ardhaparyankasana, the raised right hand holding a vajra-tipped kartrika and the left hand holding a kapala, wearing the five skull crown with sow's head atop, the red hair flaming behind, with fierce expression and fangs bared, encircled with a necklace of severed heads

Wear to gilding and accretion throughout. Polychrome at face and hair and kapala. Possible casting flaw to one of the heads in the garland. Some bending to shawl element.
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Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12932