A gilt bronze figure of Vajrakila Heruka and Dipta Chakra

TIBET, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

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A gilt bronze figure of Vajrakila Heruka and Dipta Chakra
Tibet, 14th/15th century
The pair striding in alidhasana in tight embrace, clad in identical tiger skin dhotis, adorned with pendant garlands of severed heads, jewelry inlaid with hardstones, and a streaming ribbon, Vajrakila holding various implements including the purbhu in his principle hands, the center face with downcast eyes and finely arched brows centered by the third eye and flanked on either side by an additional face, the hair in a tall topknot secured with a snake, Dipta Chakra holding a curved knife and skull cup, her face pressed to his with intent gaze, the verso with a sealed consecration chamber
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high

来源

Estate of John Goodwin
Anthony P. Russo, by inheritance in 1994
In New York, acquired at Doyle, New York, 16 September 2008
Collection of Sandor P. Fuss, Colorado, acquired 2010

展览

Mongolian Art: A Living Landscape, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, 31 July - 17 October 2004; and Thorne-Sagendorp Gallery, New Hampshire, 9 October - 20 November 2005

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Vajrakila is an important meditational deity in the Nyingma, Sakya, Jonang, and Kagyu orders of Tibetan Buddhism. In the Nyingma tradition, such wrathful deities were referred to as Herukas (blood-drinkers) and embodied a meditational focus, such as body, speech or mind. Vajrakila represents the activity aspect of the Heruka tradition. While there are two basic forms of the deity, he is always identified by the purbha dagger he holds in both hands in front of the chest. One form of Vajrakila depicts the deity with a humanoid upper body but with a three-bladed purbha below the waist (see lot 383). In contrast, the present work shows Vajrakila in the traditional Heruka form, with three faces, six hands and four legs.