A gilt copper alloy Simhavaktra
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th century
The goddess striding to right, wearing a large cakra suspended on her stomach and flayed human-skin around her neck, her face with snarling ferocious expression, teeth bared, wrinkled snout, bulging eyes, and flaming red hair.
22 in. (55.9 cm) high
The goddess striding to right, wearing a large cakra suspended on her stomach and flayed human-skin around her neck, her face with snarling ferocious expression, teeth bared, wrinkled snout, bulging eyes, and flaming red hair.
22 in. (55.9 cm) high
Sold for
US$ 43,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- An almost identical example is in the Avery Brundage Collection (B60S553)at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, September 16 and 17, 1998, lot 155
Beverly Coburn Collection
Private Californian Collection
Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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