A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BEGTSE CHEN, China/Tibet, 18th/19th century

h cm 21

Standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus petal base, trampling a prone human figure and horse, the right hand raised in the act of brandishing a sword; the body is cast with armoured robes, a celestial scarf billowing above the shoulders frames the flaming red hair, and the head is surmounted by a crown of skulls above a fierce face.