A PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA TIBETO-CHINESE, QING 18TH CENTURY |

the buffalo-headed protector deity with his consort standing in fierce alidhasana on an oval throne, the faces and hair with traces of cold gold and polychromy, the primary face of the yidam with three bulging eyes and bared fangs, wearing a skull crown with flaming red hair streaming upwards, his thirty-four arms holding various ritual objects with the primary arms of the yidam and consort holding kartrika and kapalas, both adorned in the six Tantric bone ornaments and trampling on deities, animals and beasts Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13616.

Binoche and Giquello Auction, April 2009, lot 188. 
Binoche and Giquello Auction, December 17, 2008, lot 94.
Sotheby's London, June 10, 1985, lot 261.

Overall good condition. With accretion and loss to the gilding throughout. Traces of polychromy along the hair and face of the central figure and in the skullcup of the consort. Upper torso and head of consort, additional arms and base cast separately. Individual implements now missing. Base plate sealed.
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For the type, cf. Von Schroeder, 1981, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, no. 154A, p. 544.