STATUETTE DE YAMA DHARMARAJA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ TIBET, XVIE/XVIIE SIÈCLE

STATUETTE DE YAMA DHARMARAJA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ
TIBET, XVIE/XVIIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4638 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.) high

A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF YAMA DHARMARAJATIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY西藏 十六/十七世紀 銅鎏金閻魔護法像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sYama Dharmaraja, the wrathful aspect of Manjushri, stands astride a bull in a portrayal conveying his defeat over death. Distinctive features including the curly mane of the bull and his lifted left foot suggest dating prior to the more conventional representation of the subject seen during the 18th century. Moreover, the rounded curls at the tips of Yama's flaming hair corresponds to a 16th-century Vajrakila in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (HAR 31396). This earlier convention also characterized by fierce features can be compared to another 16th/17th-century Yama Dharmaraja sold at Christie's, Paris, 11 December 2013, lot 372.