A Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of a Multi-Head Deity
the wrathful figure standing in alidhasana on prostrate figures atop a single lotus plinth, his principle arms holding his consort and his hands grasping a bell and shaker, the other hands grasping various items including an animal foot, a staff, a cup, a knot, a group of heads, and a chopper, wearing elaborate beaded jewelry and an elephant skin, the face with a fierce expression, bulgy eyes and enlarged nostrils, his mouth wide opened revealing his teeth, his hair secured by a skull crown surrounded by three faces, behind him a mandala of flames, cast in two sections, the base sealed.
Height 9 inches.