A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVAHARI, MID-QING
China, 18th century. The two in embrace striding in alidhasana atop a lotus base with a beaded edge. He is holding vajra and ghanta and is adorned with a long garland of severed heads and skulls, the face with a third eye below a skull tiara, the hair pulled into a high chignon. She is holding a flaying knife and skull cup, wearing a beaded pendant belt. The two are gazing into each other's eyes with intense expressions.

Provenance: From a European private collection, assembled in the 1960s and 1970s.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws, few minuscule nicks and small dents, occasional light scratches. Remnants of pigment. The base unsealed.

Weight: 259.2 g
Dimensions: Height 10.2 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravahari, also dated to the 18th century, at Sotheby's London, in Important Chinese Art on 15 May 2019, lot 113, sold for GBP 3,500. Compare also a related Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravahari, dated to the 17th century, at Christie's New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art, on 13 September 2011, lot 356, sold for USD 20,000.

清代中期銅鎏金勝樂金剛及金剛亥母像
中國，十八世紀。勝樂金剛與其明妃擁抱在一起，呈站立姿勢立在帶有珠飾邊緣的蓮花底座上。他手持金剛杵和金剛鈴，頭戴五顱白骨冠，頸上掛五十顆人首串成的念珠，雙眉之間有天眼，頭髮梳成高髻，兩手同時抱明妃。 金剛亥母兩手皆持法器，右手執月形刀，左手執人頭骨碗，戴著一條串珠吊墜腰帶。 兩人對視，神情凝重。

來源：歐洲私人收藏，購於上世紀六十年代至七十年代之間。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和鑄造缺陷，有少量微小的刻痕和小凹痕，局部有輕微劃痕。顔料殘餘，底座已打開。

重量：259.2 克
尺寸：高10.2 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件十八世紀銅鎏金勝樂金剛及金剛亥母像，見倫敦蘇富比 Important Chinese Art 2019年5月15日 lot 113, 售價GBP 3,500.；一件尼泊爾十七世紀銅鎏金勝樂金剛及金剛亥母，見紐約佳士得Indian and Southeast Asian Art 2011年9月13日 lot 356, 售價USD 20,000。