Lot 3050. A gilt-bronze figure of Yama Dharmaraja, Ming Dynasty, 17th Century; 18.5 cm., 7 1/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 325,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

the Lord of Death standing in pratyalidhasana on a recumbent bull crushing a man lying on his back, with a head of a ferocious bull with bulging eyes, snarling mouth and flared nostrils, wearing his attribute the dharma wheel and a garland of severed human heads tied around his waist, the figure further inset with small gems on his chest supported on a rectangular lotus pedestal.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011