A fine Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Yama Dharmaraja and Yami, Qing dynasty, 18th century ę
The finely cast gilt-bronze in three sections, the figure depicting Yama Dharmaraja striding in alidhasana on the back of a buffalo over a prostrate figure on a lotus base, his hands raised in vitarkamudra, adorned with festoons, ribbons, and a garland of severed heads, the wrathful bull's face with bared fangs and bulging eyes surmounted by shocks of flaming hair, Yame, also known Chamunda/Chamundi, balancing before him dressed in a deer skin, the fearsome face with third eye flanked by foliate earrings and surmounted by a skull tiara, the base sealed with a double-vajra Size:(22cm high) Qty: (3) Provenance: Private collection, London ???? ???????? Notes: It is rare to find examples still with the original figure of Yami, please refer to comparable gilt-bronze figures sold at auction, including: Christie's, New York, 21 March 2012, lot 806; another sold at Christie's, New York, 20 March 2009, lot 1349
[ translate ]The finely cast gilt-bronze in three sections, the figure depicting Yama Dharmaraja striding in alidhasana on the back of a buffalo over a prostrate figure on a lotus base, his hands raised in vitarkamudra, adorned with festoons, ribbons, and a garland of severed heads, the wrathful bull's face with bared fangs and bulging eyes surmounted by shocks of flaming hair, Yame, also known Chamunda/Chamundi, balancing before him dressed in a deer skin, the fearsome face with third eye flanked by foliate earrings and surmounted by a skull tiara, the base sealed with a double-vajra Size:(22cm high) Qty: (3) Provenance: Private collection, London ???? ???????? Notes: It is rare to find examples still with the original figure of Yami, please refer to comparable gilt-bronze figures sold at auction, including: Christie's, New York, 21 March 2012, lot 806; another sold at Christie's, New York, 20 March 2009, lot 1349
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