STATUETTE DE VAJRABHAIRAVA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4606 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.) high Footnotes: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 十八世紀 銅鎏金大威德金剛像 Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s Depicted with the face of a bull while wielding a skull club (kapala danda) is Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, the wrathful form of Manjushri, whose name alludes to his triumph over the personification of death (Yama). In spiritual advisement with the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism, the emperors of the Qing dynasty were considered to be the living manifestations of the bodhisattva of wisdom, and images like the following work were likely made for an imperial-sponsored Buddhist temple. See two other examples of the same subject, one with a similar physiognomy (HAR 9041) and another holding a skull club (HAR 203448). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com