TIBET, 19th-20th century. - Lot 101

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TIBET, 19th-20th century. - Lot 101
TIBET, 19th-20th century. Important Head of Bhairava Embossed copper, gilded and painted in polychrome This copper plate represents the deity Bhairava. He is depicted in a wrathful form, in a flaming mandorla with a third eye and a crown decorated with snakes and skulls, and two other snakes on either side of his chin. The origin of the story of Bhairava is told in different ways. It is symbolically linked to the destruction of Brahma's ego, and more prosaically to the fact that one of Brahma's heads, which was hindering Shiva in his actions, was cut off by Kala Bhairava (emanating from a fingernail from one of Shiva's fingers). This episode, narrated in the Shiva Mahapuranam, allowed Brahma to attain enlightenment by destroying his ego. With his pedestal. Accidents, wear and tear 79 x 57.5 cm Comparable: Victoria & Albert Museum, Mask of Nepal, register number: IM.172-1913.
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