The spectacular visage of the lion headed dakini, the bestower of gnosis is unusually large, and would have come from a major figure, probably from an important monastery. With fangs bared and tongue curled as if to shout; her eyes bulging with malevolent rage; she wears a skull diadem inlaid with turquoise and glass to hold her flaming hair.

Provenance: ex collection of Mr Raymond Mitchell, Sydney; and La Reine Margot, Paris. For similar see Christies New York, September 21 2007, Lot 159.