A gilt bronze figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra
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A gilt bronze figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra

TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

Closed14 September 2010

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A gilt bronze figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra
Tibet, 15th century
Guhyasamaja seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with beaded rims, wearing a sanghati incised with delicate floral motif and Sparsavajri in his arms, her legs wrapped around his waist, each with a vajra and bell in their primary hands and various implements in their secondary hands, wearing ornate jewelry and beaded festoons inlaid with hardstones, their central faces gazing at each other, surmounted by foliate tiaras and high chignons topped with finials, the base plate richly gilt and incised with a double vajra
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high

Christian Humann, Pan Asian Collection, New York, before 1977
R. H. Ellsworth Collection, New York
Previously sold at Christie's New York, 1 December 1982, lot 95
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in Zurich, 2010