Heruka Vajrakilaya Consort Yab Yum Union Tibeto Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue 12"H 勝樂金剛

Vintage Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha StatueHeruka Vajrakilaya Yab YumEmbracing Consort Diptachakra Origin: China. Circa: early to mid 1900s'H. 12 in. (30cm), W. 9 in. (23cm), D. 4.5 in. (11cm)Tiny chip to flame tip, minor abrasions, overall good Condition A fine bronze Buddha portraying the compassionate Vajrasattva transformed into the three-headed wrathful Vajrakilaya, who has six arms, four legs, and two wide outstretched wings. Vajrakilaya is the tutelary, meditation yidam deity. He is believed to be the most powerful destroyer of delusion and remover of obstacles in the practice of Dharma.The Sanskrit name Heruka translated into both Chinese and Tibetan as "blood drinker Golden Guardian". Wearing a skull crown, he has large bulging eyes and wide opened mouths that are baring fangs and lolling tongues, with red hair stands on end resembling scorpion-sting tip, and held in the center in his folded hands is the exorcist's iconographic downward-pointing three-sided phurba, as his arms