A Bronze Figure of Vajrapani (?)
Tibet, circa 11th Century
Finely cast with his legs slightly apart in alidhasana holding the vajra and ghanta, wearing an animal skin dhoti and garlands of snakes, his face with a ferocious expression flanked by disk earrings and tresses of hair falling down over the shoulders, with remains of red pigment to the topknot and cold gilding to the face
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high
A Bronze Figure of Vajrapani (?)
Tibet, circa 11th Century
Finely cast with his legs slightly apart in alidhasana holding the vajra and ghanta, wearing an animal skin dhoti and garlands of snakes, his face with a ferocious expression flanked by disk earrings and tresses of hair falling down over the shoulders, with remains of red pigment to the topknot and cold gilding to the face
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high