A WEST TIBETAN BRASS FIGURE OF VAIROCANA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, both hands in bodhyagrimudra, wearing dhoti, the border with copper inlay, scarf, many body-ornaments, partly with copper inlay, five-leaf crown, the face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, pouting lips, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, each with turquoise bead, curled hairdress at front-head, partly blue coloured high hairdress, sealed, 14th Century
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A WEST TIBETAN BRASS FIGURE OF VAIROCANA, seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, both hands in bodhyagrimudra, wearing dhoti, the border with copper inlay, scarf, many body-ornaments, partly with copper inlay, five-leaf crown, the face with downcast expression, urna, aquiline nose, pouting lips, elongated earlobes with circular earrings, each with turquoise bead, curled hairdress at front-head, partly blue coloured high hairdress, sealed, 14th Century
20 cm high (left ringfinger and top of crown broken)
Literature
Kreijger, H., Godenbeelden uit Tibet, Amsterdam, 1989, p. 79
Exhibited
Goden en goeroes, Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, 17 June - 28 November 1989
Lot Essay
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