Gilt-bronze Figure of Yama

Description:

Gilt-bronze Figure of Yama, Sino-Tibet, 20th century, depicted striding in alidhasana on the back of a bull crouched over a prostrate figure on a lotus base, his hands raised in vitarka mudra, his face cast in a fierce expression with bared teeth and flaming hair, adorned with a skull tiara and a garland of severed heads around his neck, a female deity balanced astride his left knee, unsealed, ht. 13 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-2,000

minor loss of gilt and surface wear


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