Bidspirit auction | Gilded bronze figure ‘Wrathful Deity’,

Gilded bronze figure ‘Wrathful Deity’, 18th-19th century - Figure in gilded and polychrome bronze. It shows an anthropomorphic deity, with the face of a bull and a human body, standing on a lotiform throne on which a buffalo is lying on the prone body of a man, holding it with both hands. The deity rides on both beings in alidhasana , with one knee bent and the opposite knee stretched out, balancing himself with outstretched arms in vitarkamudra . The body is covered with pendants and small beaded jewellery, and surrounded by a long waving ribbon. The expression is choleric, with large eyes and gaping jaws showing sharp fangs. The head is crowned with a diadem of skulls and two large horns, which are set in a flaming reddish hair. Height: 15.5 cm Weight: 998 g Provenance : -Christie 's. Chinese ceramics, works of art and textiles. Lot 349: A gilt bronze figure of a warthful deity. 12 May 2017. - Now in a private European collection.