A gilt bronze figure of Vajrabhairava Yamantaka, Sino-Tibetan…
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A gilt bronze figure of Vajrabhairava Yamantaka, Sino-Tibetan style standing in alidhasana with his consort in yabyum position atop various prostrate figures and animals over a double lotus base, with many arms radiating about him holding various attributes, adorned with jewellery and garlands with skulls, his wrathful face surmounted by his flaming hair secured with a crown of skulls 24 cm high

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  • Bronze - An alloy of copper and tin, traditionally in the proportions of about 9 parts of copper to 1 part of tin.

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