A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF HERUKA AND CONSORT, QING Tibetan-Chinese, 18^th century. Cast standing in a strident pose, trampling on reclining deities on a lotus base, both wearing elaborate crowns. The heruka with flaming hair, spread wings and a wrathful expression, the face executed with much detail for the relatively small size. With silver inlays to the two main eyes and the urna, the ears with large circular earrings.

Provenance: From a Dutch private collection.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws, small nicks and scratches, some natural malachite-green encrustations to the wings and base. Unsealed.

Weight: 337.4 g
Dimensions: Height 10.8 cm

The wrathful male blood-drinker holds a Kartika (crescent flaying knife) and skull cup (Kapala) around the body of his female consort, who is holding a crescent knife in her left hand as well. Together, they are meditational deities of the highest yoga tantra. The avian imagery common to Heruka figures of the Nyingma tradition has roots in Bon, the indigenous religion of Tibet.

清代錯銀黑魯嘎與其明妃銅像
漢藏，十八世紀。黑魯嘎突出姿勢站立，形成強勁的動勢，脚踏妖魔，兩個人都戴著精美的皇冠。 黑魯嘎火紅的頭髮，張開的翅膀，面部表情憤怒。相對較小的尺寸來說，他的面部表情非常細緻。 兩隻主眼和天眼上都鑲銀，耳朵戴著大圓耳環。

來源：荷蘭私人收藏
品相：狀況良好，有輕微的磨損和鑄造缺陷，小划痕和刻痕，翅膀和底座上有一些天然的銅綠結殼。 未密封。

重量：337.4 克
尺寸：高 10.8 厘米