RARE STATUETTE DE GUHYASAMAJA EN CUIVRE DORE

TIBET, XVEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUETTE DE GUHYASAMAJA EN CUIVRE DORE
TIBET, XVEME SIECLE
Représenté assis en vajrasana sur un lotus, les deux mains principales tenant le vajra, la cloche ghanta et sa parèdre à six bras, ses autres bras tenant divers attributs, tous deux parés de bijoux et de trois visages, rescellé ; un attribut manquant
Hauteur: 19,5 cm. (7¾ in.)

Provenance

From a Dutch private collection
Acquired in the late 1980's

Further details

A FINE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF GUHYASAMAJA
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Guhyasamaja or 'Secret Assembly' belongs to the class of tutelary deities in the pantheon of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is the deification of the Guhyasamaja tantra, an important Tantric treatise, believed to be one of the first Sanskrit texts to be translated into Tibetan during the 8th century. The three-faced, six-armed deity embraces his consort Sparsavajra and holds the diamond sceptre and priests-bell in his principle hands.

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