Gilt-bronze Figure of Hayagriva

Description:

Gilt-bronze Figure of Hayagriva, Sino-Tibet, the six-armed, three-headed deity depicted in alidhasana on serpents atop a lotus base, each hand held in a mudra or grasping a ritual implement, each head adorned with a skull crown, with three horse heads amidst his flaming hair, unsealed, ht. 7 in.
Estimate $500-700

surface wear, minor damage to extremities (fingers, hair etc),and with a few corrosion spots (hair),minor loss of gilt


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