STATUETTE DE KAKASYA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRETIBET, XVIIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 487819 cm (7 1/2 in.) highProvenance: A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF KAKASYATIBET, 17TH CENTURY西藏 十七世紀 鴉面空行母銅像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThis figure of Kakasya belongs to a group of animal-headed dakinis residing within the mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi. Depicted with the face of a crow, she watches over their cosmic realm as the guardian of the eastern gate. An image of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, cast with simple adornments who stand atop a similar ovoid base, likely served as the central image of this sculptural set (Baader et. al.,Tantrische Kunst de Buddismus, 1981, p. 242, no. 125).pare with a bird-faced dakini from the same set (HAR 10661) and another animal-face dakini from the Claude de Marteau Collection, Part 2, sold at , Paris, 4 October 2022, lot 35.