Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021

Lot 2056

A TIBETAN BRONZE SCULPTURE OF DORJE DROLO

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

A TIBETAN BRONZE SCULPTURE OF DORJE DROLO

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Dorje Drolo wears flowing robes and a garland of severed heads, with a crown upon his flaming hair, he brandishes a vajra and a phurba and is surrounded by a halo of fire containing a miniature scorpion and a garuda, he sits upon a growling tigress who rests above two prostrate figures and a lotus base, 466g, 15.1cm.

Provenance: from an English collection since 2003.