Bidspirit auction | A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF

A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF HEVAJRA AND CONSORT, 18TH/19TH CENTURY. - A small-scale fire-gilded copper alloy sculpture depicting the wrathful Buddhist deity Hevajra in sexual union (yab-yum) with his consort. Both figures are depicted with three heads and multiple arms, wearing crowns of five skulls and beaded jewellery. The deity's hair is swept into a high, flaming topknot retaining significant traces of original red pigment, likely cinnabar. The figures are positioned in an active alidhasana pose atop a single-row lotus pedestal with a beaded upper border. The reverse of the bronze shows the figures wearing tiger-skin loincloths. The base is ritually sealed with a copper-alloy plate incised with a double vajra (vishvavajra) symbol radiating from a central floral motif. H: Approximately 8.5cm