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Property from a Private Manhattan Collection
A gilt bronze figure of Vajradhara
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Vajradhara
Tibet, 16th century
Finely cast with Vajradhara seated in dhyanasana with his arms crossed at his chest holding the vajra and ghanta, clad in a long dhoti with incised foliate patterns and secured at his waist with a belt, with an incised shawl draped over his shoulders and further adorned with anklets, bracelets, armlets, earrings and necklaces inset with a hardstone, his face in a serene expression with his brow centered by an urna with an inset hardstone, his hair with remains of polychromy and pulled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara
15¼ in. (40 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th century
Finely cast with Vajradhara seated in dhyanasana with his arms crossed at his chest holding the vajra and ghanta, clad in a long dhoti with incised foliate patterns and secured at his waist with a belt, with an incised shawl draped over his shoulders and further adorned with anklets, bracelets, armlets, earrings and necklaces inset with a hardstone, his face in a serene expression with his brow centered by an urna with an inset hardstone, his hair with remains of polychromy and pulled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara
15¼ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Philip Goldman, London, before 2000
Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 157
Sotheby's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 157