Fire gilt bronze. Nepal, 20th century
An effective and elaborate depiction cast with the krodha deity Hayagriva, with four legs, and in his six-armed manifestation, bearing three heads, stumping on human bodies, surrounded by flames, his hands holding danda, some vajra and a flaming element; the figure cast with Garuda wings and a snake with vajra, he is shown embraced by the Yogingi in sexual union, holding skull and trident; mounted on a decorative lotus throne, vishvavajra below.
HEIGHT 27 CM
From an Austrian private collection