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TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 8895
15.3 cm (6 in.) high
Footnotes
西藏 十六世紀 銅鎏金勝樂金剛像
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 10-11 June 1983, lot 801
Chakrasamvara is depicted in union with his consort Vajravarahi, his four heads and twelve arms radiating around the embracing pair. Standing in alidhasana upon prostrate figures, his principal arms embrace his consort while holding the vajra and ghanta. His remaining hands carry his characteristic array of ritual attributes, including a damaru, kapala and severed head, while an elephant hide is stretched across his upper arms. Both figures retain blue pigment in their hair and are adorned with crowns and jewelry.
The broad oval pedestal, with its prominent register of rounded lotus petals, recalls earlier Tibetan sculptural conventions, as seen in a 16th-century Chakrasamvara sold at Christie's, New York, 21 September 2005, lot 190. A 14th/15th-century central Tibetan figure of Chakrasamvara sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 September 2015, lot 9, is more closely related in its compact composition, robust modelling, and similar jewelry.