IMPRESSIVE VAJRAYOGINI.
Tibet. 18th c.

Fire-gilt copper bronze with residue of gold painting and pigments. Standing in dynamic posture - one leg slightly bent; the other stretched out - she appears powerful and likewise very graceful. With her left hand she holds a blood filled scull cup up high to drink from it. In her right hand is a flaying knife. Her head adorned with a five-part scull crown. Weight 554g; height 17.8cm; height figure 14.5cm. Condition A/B. Supplement: Wooden base.

Provenance:
-Private collection Austria; Salzburg area. Collected in the 1970s to 90s.
Art trade; Van Ham.