A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAVARAHI Tibet H. 23 cm (27 cm mit Sockel) Standing in dancing posture with her right hand raised brandishing a karttrika, her left supporting the kapala, khatvanga placed against her left shoulder, wearing bone apron, partly decorated with severed heads, scarf, jewellery set with beads, her face displaying a wrathful expression, her hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and decorated with a small boar-head at the reverse, mounted on a wooden base. From a South German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 Minor wear