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Lot Essay
The wrathful or yidam tutelary deity stands in a powerful lunge, or alidhasana, on a lotus base, his right hand brandishing a vajra, the left in tarjani mudra, wearing a tiger skin and snake ornaments. Vajrapani, originally a peaceful bodhisattva in the Mahayana tradition, has a wrathful manifestation within the Tantric or Vajrayana Buddhist tradition.
Vajrapani the keeper of all the tantras, the ‘Lord of Secrets’ or Guhyapati. The yidam takes this form for the sake of liberating others with the power of this appearance. The present sculpture was likely produced within the Newar Buddhist tradition, in which the shallow, single-lotus base and nearly-pure copper medium are common.
Himalayan Art Resource, item no. 13059.
Vajrapani the keeper of all the tantras, the ‘Lord of Secrets’ or Guhyapati. The yidam takes this form for the sake of liberating others with the power of this appearance. The present sculpture was likely produced within the Newar Buddhist tradition, in which the shallow, single-lotus base and nearly-pure copper medium are common.
Himalayan Art Resource, item no. 13059.