Lot 84. A large repoussé gilt-bronze figure of Palden Lhamo, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 37.5cm., 14 ¾ in. Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 18,750 GBP. © Sotheby's

seated on a galloping donkey, the right hand holding a sceptre, wearing beaded jewels around the chest, the ferocious face with exaggerated features and pierced with a third eye between the eyebrows, the flaming hair surmounted by a five-skull crown, all supported on a base of turbulent waves surrounded by rocky mountains.

Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, 19th November 1997, lot 78.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014