STATUE DE HEVAJRA EN BRONZE DORé TIBET, XVEME SIECLE Il est représenté piétinant deux divinités placées sur une base lotiforme. Ses seize bras rayonnent autour de lui, chaque main tenant un kapala surmonté d'un animal ou d'une divinité. Ses mains principales enlacent sa parèdre. Paré de bijoux, il porte deux malas. Ses neuf visages montrent des expressions diverses ; non-scellée. Haut: 16 cm. (6 ? in.)
The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle Fournier of Himalayan Art, France, collected in ope during 1970s-1980s.
This fine gilt-bronze statue depicts Hevajra in union with his female consort Nairatmya. His sixteen hands hold each a skull-cup containing diminutive gods and animals that embody different qualities of Hevajra. The gods represent earth, fire, water, air, sun, moon, death and wealth. His eight faces guard all directions and one face emerge from his hairdo. Hevajra is the principal tutelary deity of the Saskyapa order and has a tantra text named after him. Three dimensional representations of Hevajra in sexual embrace with his consort Nairatmya are rare compared to painted representations as such a composition was a tour-de-force to create.