6" Red Hayagriva Statue


Item Number: 343

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $275

Online Close: Dec 2, 2019 9:00 PM PST

Bid History: 6 bids - Item Sold!








Description

This copper Red Hayagriva statue is full of detail, crafted in Nepal. It measures 6" in height by 6" in width. It is hollow inside, with a metal closure at the base.


Hayagriva ' (Tibetan: tam drin; English: Horse Neck), manifestation of the wrathful activity of Buddha Amitabha


"King of the Wrathful, Hayagriva, with a body red in colour, three faces and six hands. The main face is red, right green, left white. Each face has three eyes, radiant, with bared fangs. The hair, moustache and beard are blazing. At the crest of the three faces are three green horse heads with mouths sounding with the neighing of horses. ... With six hands, the first right holds a vajra, second a katvanga, third a sword. The first left a wrathful gesture, second a spear, third a lasso of intestine. Having a crown of five dry human skulls and a necklace of fifty fresh, wearing an upper garment of human skin and an elephant hide, and a lower garment of tiger skin; 

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