CIRCA 17TH CENTURY

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A LARGE GILT BRONZE AND GILT-REPOUSSÉ COPPER FIGURE OF VAIROCANA
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
Buddha Vairocana is seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus base with his hands crossed in front of his chest in vajrahumkara mudra. He is wearing an elaborate five-pronged tiara and wheel-form earrings, and has a serene smiling expression on his face.
28 ½ in. (72.4 cm.) high

Provenance

With Spink & Son Ltd., London, 10 June 1987.
The collection of Cheng Huan, Q.C., S.C.

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Vairocana is one of the most important Buddhas of early Tantric Buddhism, alongside Akshobhya and Amitabha. In some teachings, he is regarded as a spiritual form of Shakyamuni Buddha. He is also the central figure of the Five Tathagatas, or 'Wisdom Buddhas' of Mahayana Buddhism.

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