A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century - image-1
A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century - image-2
A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century - image-1A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century - image-2

Lot 70 Dα

A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.032 € (incl. premium)
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A fire gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva in yab-yum. Sino-Tibetan, 19th century

The six-armed and winged Dharmapala with three heads embraces his consort with his main arms and stands lunging to the right (pratyalidha) on two prostrate beings lying on a simple lotus base. Identifiable by the horse's head in flaming red hair, he is dressed in a tiger skin apron and carries a sceptre staff (danda) and skull bowl (kapala), his yogini holds kapala and a chopper knife (kartrika) in her hands.
With remains of blue and red cult paint and cold painting in gold. The cover plate of the closed throne base is decorated with an engraved visvavajra (double vajra).
Height 20.5 cm

藏漢風格 十九世紀
銅鎏金六臂馬頭明王雙修立像
來源： 德國多特蒙德私人收藏，購於二十世紀六十年代，此後由其家族傳承

Provenance

Private collection, Dortmund, acquired in Tibet in the 1960s, and thence by descent