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A copper alloy figure of the Dharmapāla (wrathful god) Yamāntaka, depicted as a human figure with the head of an enraged buffalo, with two sharp horns, and wearing a necklace of serpents. He stands upon a water buffalo which in turn treads upon a recumbent human corpse. It is mounted upon a base decorated with a frieze of lotus leaves. The underside of the base is sheet metal.
Title
The Dharmapāla Yamāntaka
Date
1900–1990
Medium
copper alloy (?)
Measurements
H 12.8 x W 9 x D 5 cm
Accession number
112567
Acquisition method
bequeathed to the National Trust by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger; formally acquired, 1994
Work type
Sculpture
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