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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA

TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

Details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
6 7⁄8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Cape Town, South Africa, 1960s, by repute.
Literature
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24750.
Exhibited
On loan to the USC Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles, 1978 (loan no. L4.23.78A).
Montecito, California, Lotusland, "Journey to Tibet," 26 July 1998.

Lot Essay

Vaishravana is the most commonly depicted of the Four Guardian Kings; he is considered the leader of the yakshas and swore an oath of protection in front of Shakyamuni. He is also considered to be a wealth deity and as such borrows some of the attributes from the Hindu god, Kubera, including the jewel-spewing mongoose and the rotund belly, a common symbol of fecundity across multiple civilizations.

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