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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani
Tibet, 16th Century
Powerfully cast striding in alidasana, his right hand holding a vajra aloft and his left hand at his chest, wearing a tiger-skin dhoti tied around his waist and a snake and beaded garland, his bearded face with three bulging eyes and wrathful expression and the hair standing on end and secured by a foliate tiara, inlaid with hardstones and with cold gold and polychromy remaining
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
Tibet, 16th Century
Powerfully cast striding in alidasana, his right hand holding a vajra aloft and his left hand at his chest, wearing a tiger-skin dhoti tied around his waist and a snake and beaded garland, his bearded face with three bulging eyes and wrathful expression and the hair standing on end and secured by a foliate tiara, inlaid with hardstones and with cold gold and polychromy remaining
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired before 2000
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