A gilt bronze torana

TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

细节

A gilt bronze torana
Tibet, 14th/15th century
Of elongated shape with a central void surmounted by Heruka Chakrasamvara and surrounded by Chakrasamvara retinue figures standing on lotus bases wearing jewelry inlaid with hardstones, rimmed by a beaded and flaming border
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high

来源

Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired in Amsterdam by 1996

出版

Himalayan Art Resources, www.himalayanart.org, item no. 66768

拍品专文

This torana likely backed the meditational deity Vajrayogini. At the top center is Heruka Chakrasamvara. The surrounding figures, some with animal faces, are the directional dakinis associated with the Tantric systems of Vajrayogini and Chakrasamvara.