A Tibetan bronze figure of a Sarvabuddha-Dakini. 17th/18th century
A Tibetan bronze figure of Sarvabuddha-Dakini, standing in alidhasana, holding a skull cup in her upraised left hand, wearing a garland of skulls and festooned beaded jewellery and a skull tiara, with her hair falling down her back. Cold gilt to the face. 17th/18th century. Black wooden base.
Height 17 cm
Private collection Johan (1925-2003) and Ursula Strebel
Johann Strebel was born in Hamburg in February 1925, the son of Dr. Otto Strebel, director of the Hemmoor cement factory. In 1951 the qualified cement retailer married Ursula Oschewski (b. 1.9.1925), daughter of the goldsmith Kurt Olschewski who ran a jewellery business under the same name in Wiesbaden. In 1954 the jewellery business in Wilhelmstrasse changed its name to Strebel-Olschewski.
By procuring precious stones for the jeweler's shop, Johann and Ulla Strebel developed a fascination for Asian cultures and acquired valuable works of art on their many travels throughout Asia between 1955 and 1980, a time when travel in these countries was particularly arduous and uncomfortable.
Asian works of art were sold alongside the jewellery in the shop, but the couple also built up a private collection, with a wide cultural interest ranging from Tibet through South East Asia to Japan.
十七/十八世紀 西藏 銅俱生相空行母立像
來源：德國威斯巴登Johann與Ursula Strebel