STATUETTE DE DAKINI EN BOIS MONTÉ SUR SOCLE ET MANDORLE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ NÉPAL, VERS XVIIE SIÈCLESTATUETTE DE DAKINI EN BOIS MONTÉ SUR SOCLE ET MANDORLE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉNÉPAL, VERS XVIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205052 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.) highA WOOD FIGURE OF A DAKINI MOUNTED TO A GILT COPPER ALLOY BASE AND AUREOLE NEPAL, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY 尼泊爾 約十七世紀 木雕空行母像嵌銅鎏金座及背光This figure depicts one of the four Yoginis that reside within the center of either Chakrasamvara or Vajravarahi's mandalas: blue Dakini, green Lama, red Khandaroha, or yellow Rupini. Adorned by a flaming mandorla reflecting Nepalese designs from the Late Malla period, this retinue figure most likely occupied a sculptural mandala dedicated to Chakrasamvara and his female consort.See an earlier Tibetan copper alloy of the same retinue figure, sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2016, lot 8, together with a similarly parcel-gilded figure of Naro Dakini with strong Nepalese characteristics in the Rubin Museum of Art (C.2005.16.47; HAR 65470).Provenance:Ashencaen and Leonov, London, 2000s