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A MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF YAMANTAKA VAJRABHAIRAVA AND VAJRAVETALI TIBET, 15TH CENTURY standing in alidhasana atop a double-lotus throne, the male deity with the primary face of a buffalo and seven auxiliary human faces surmounted by the head of the bodhisattva Manjushri, the primary and auxiliary faces with flaming hair, fierce grimaces and third eyes, with thirty-four arms grasping ritual weapons and implements, wearing a garland of skulls and the six bone ornaments, in ecstatic union with the consort Vajravetali wearing the five-pointed crown, the right leg extended and the left wrapped around the waist of her partner, holding a kapala filled with amrita in the left hand and a kartrika in the right hand, both figures trampling underfoot a host of supine corpses, birds and animals Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13442 30 cm, 12 in.