STATUETTE DE SIMHAMUKHA EN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEINT MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLESTATUETTE DE SIMHAMUKHA EN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEINTMONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205094 The figure 46 cm (18 1/8 in.) high; With stand: 56 cm (22 1/8 in.) highA LARGE PAINTED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ FIGURE OF SIMHAMUKHAMONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY 蒙古 十九世紀 彩繪紙塑獅面空行母像Identified by her ferocious lion head, Simhamukha dances atop a naked, supine figure in ardhaparyankasana. She raises a kartrika (chopper knife) with her right hand while holding a kapala (skull cup) in her left. A garland of severed heads and a red tiger skin, draw the viewer's attention to her prominent crown of skulls, wild mane, and flaming eyebrows.Simhamukha is both an important retinue deity of the Chakrasamavara tantra, and a yidam (meditational deity) in her own right. In the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, she is revered as a manifestation of its founder, Padmasambhava. Compare with a Mongolian example in silver, sold at Bonhams, New York, 11 September 2011, lot 1085.Provenance:Suzi Lebasi, Tasmania, 2000s