A Copper Alloy Figure Depicting Yamantaka Vajrabhairava and Consort

Sotheby's New York, March 23, 1995, lot 57

Good overall condition. Loss of gilding on the deity's right feet, multiple hands, his face and that of his consort and on a small area on the surface of the plinth. The deity's multiple arms are cast separately and permanently joined to the body. The consort's upper body is also cast separately and joined to the rest. All the attributes are jointly cast along with the arms. Small circular hole in the deity's upper back. Original base plate has been opened and resealed.
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The wrathful nine-headed deity with consort, both with traces of polychromy throughout, stepping to the right in pratyalidhasana trampling birds, animals and divinities.