TWO GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF SIMHAMUKHA AND MAKARAMUKHA TIBET, CIRCA 1700 |

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 HKD

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Description

10.5 cm, 4 1/8 in.

the finely cast and richly gilded figures depicted in dynamic postures, the makara-faced attendant poised with leg held high, the lion-faced attendant on the right, holding a kapala and ritual chopper

Provenance

Collection of Seward Kennedy (1925-2015).

Catalogue Note

These two powerfully cast figures represent the ferocious attendants standing either side of the Buddhist protector Palden Lhamo on the sea of blood. A similar example in the Capital Museum, Beijing, is illustrated on himalayanart resources, no. 59850.