A RARE ZITAN FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI

A RARE ZITAN FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI

LATE QING DYNASTY

Carved in a dynamic pose with a kapala in her raised left hand and a driguk knife in the right hand, adorned with a skull necklace and tiara and other ornate jewellery, standing on bodies of defeated deities with a mandorla of skulls and stylised flames behind her, raised on a lotus pedestal, the stand and mandorla possibly associated, 16cm. (2)