€60.000,00

Sculptures

period

15th Century

materials

Gilt bronze, polychrome

dimensions

H. 37 cm

culture

Tibetan

provenance

Former collection of Guy Kaufmann (1923-2010), major donor to the Guimet Museum, acquired before 1990

A gilt-bronze and polychrome figure of the divine couple Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, standing in a dynamic yab-yum pose, in alidhasana, trampling contorted demons. He is dressed in an animal skin and adorned with kapala and garlands of severed heads, embracing his consort with his front arms which also hold the vajra and ghanta. He holds other attributes and performs mudras with his twelve other hands: the ritual axe (parashu), the tambourine (damaru), the ritual knife (drigug), the trident (trishul), the skull cup (kapala), the scepter (khatvanga), the severed heads of a demon, and the gesture of menace (karana mudra).