A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF PALDEN LHAMO, Cina - Tibet, 18th century

h cm 11

Depicted with a wrathful expression, seated in lalitasana on a mule. The right arm is raised, while the left hand like holding a skull cup. The fierce face is characterized by glaring eyes, exposed sharp teeth, and a third eye between her bushy eyebrows. The flaming hair is swept upward, adorned with a crescent moon above a crown of five skulls. She wears a shawl draped over her shoulders, with a lion-shaped earring on her right ear, beaded jewelry, and a rosary of figural heads. A flayed human skin serves as a saddle blanket, and the entire composition rests on a rock-shaped base with jagged waves amid an ocean of blood, where a skeleton emerges.