A TIBETAN BRONZE YAMA DHARMARAJA18th century. Fire gilt and incised bronze statue with dramatic cold painted details. Depicting Yama, the wrathful emanation of Manjushri, standing in Pratyalidhasana, both hands in Karana mudra, warding off the evil.Provenance: A private collection in Riga, Latvia.Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear. One attribute is lost. Good natural patina.Weight: 412.5 grams.Dimensions: Height 12.5 cm.Yama Dharmaraja is shown with a buffalo head and flaming red hair. Human heads are dangling from his rich chains of jewelry which are ending in a neatly incised and raised wheel of life ornament on outsized belly. The protector deity is shown nude with a large erected genital. For a related Yama bronze, dated to the 17th - 18th century, see Christies Paris in ‘Arts d’Asie’, June 11th, 2008, lot 5521. 西藏閻羅法王銅像十八世紀,銅鎏金造像,細節處使用冷繪彩,展示了文殊菩薩的化身閻羅法王立像,雙手施羯剌拏手印抵禦惡魔。來源:拉脫維亞里加私人收藏品相:優秀,僅有些微磨損,缺一法器。天然包漿良好。重量:412.5 克尺寸:高 12.5 厘米.