California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 December 10, 2016  December 10, 2016

 Lot # 5062 
A GILT-BRONZE STATUE OF YAMANTAKA    清 銅鎏金大威德立像


  • Dimension: Height: 9 3/4 in (24.8 cm) Width: 6 3/4 in (17.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3800
  • Estimate To: $6800

The buffalo-headed deity and his consort Yami cast standing in alidhasana atop prostrate figures, standing birds, and bovine animals, all on a lotus base, wearing a necklace of skulls, with beaded festons around the body, his many arms radiating about him and holding various attributes, his wrathful faces surmounted by his flaming hair and secured by a tiara of skulls. Qing Dynasty period.