A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th to 19th century. Both figures are modeled in yabyum over prostrated figures atop a separately cast lotus base with beaded rims. The sixteen-headed Chakrasamvara with twenty-four arms radiating around him and hands held in shuni mudra, his principal arms holding a vajra and ghanta crossed around his consort’s back and further hands holding other attributes including kartika, khatvanga, and kapala. Wearing long sashes, tiger skin and a garland of heads, supporting Vajravarahi with his thigh, the consort holding a chopper and skull cup and wearing a beaded festooned belt.Provenance: From a private collection in Southampton, United Kingdom.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, few small nicks and dents, minor old repairs with associated soldering marks, the pegs below the feet are later replacements, the base resealed. The gilt remarkably well preserved overall.Weight: 1,598 gDimensions: Height 21.5 cmAuction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 262Price: GBP 18,750 or approx.EUR 26,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynastyExpert remark: Note the similar size (20.6 cm)Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 202Price: HKD 325,000 or approx.EUR 43,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A gilt-bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, Qing dynasty, 19th centuryExpert remark: Note the larger size (44.1 cm)清代銅鎏金勝樂金剛與明妃像中國，十八至十九世紀。勝樂金剛勝十六首，二十四臂，兩足，弓步。主尊頭戴五葉冠，上有太陽和新月符。主臂兩手分別持金剛杵和金剛鈴，擁抱明妃金剛亥母。其餘各手分別持不同的法器，如三叉戟、匕首、卡巴拉碗等。脖子上掛人首做成的項鍊，雙足奮力踩踏兩個魔鬼，威力無比。金剛亥母雙腿盤在勝樂金剛腰間，手持鋮刀和卡巴拉碗，穿著花飾腰帶，佩戴著珠飾。