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16TH CENTURY
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A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
16TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with his hands crossed before his chest and holding a vajra and a ghanta. He is clad in a dhoti and adorned with jewellery, his face has a serene expression and he wears a foliate tiara.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
16TH CENTURY
The figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with his hands crossed before his chest and holding a vajra and a ghanta. He is clad in a dhoti and adorned with jewellery, his face has a serene expression and he wears a foliate tiara.
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
A private Swiss collection, predominantly acquired in France in the 1980s and 1990s.
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