TIBET - XIXE SIÈCLE Lot n° 24

TIBET - 19th century Important bronze group with brown and golden patina of Kapaladhara Hevajra with a thousand arms and a thousand heads standing in pratyalidhasana in yab yum with his satki Nairatmya trampling demons, called "Mara'", on the double lotus. H. 65 cm. The deity represented here in his Kapaladhara Hevajra aspect, traditionally has eight wrathful faces, sixteen hands and four feet, he dances subjugating the Mârâ in union with his parèdre. Each of his right hands holds a cranial cup containing animals and deities from the Brahmanic pantheon, on the left various gods in padmasana, the main hands in anjali mudra in front of the chest, Nairatmya on one side and two arms brandishing the cleaver and the cranial cup.