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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
A Bronze Figure of Mahachakra Vajrapani
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Mahachakra Vajrapani
Tibet, 14th Century
Very expressively cast with the three-headed six-armed deity stepping in alidasana embracing Mamaki, he wearing a tiger skin dhoti and holding a vajra, she wearing an elaborate bone apron and holding the chopper, their faces with animated expressions surmounted by an elaborate floral tiara crowned by a further image of Vajrapani in the headdress, the dhotis finely incised with floral patterns and hatching imitating fur
17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high
Tibet, 14th Century
Very expressively cast with the three-headed six-armed deity stepping in alidasana embracing Mamaki, he wearing a tiger skin dhoti and holding a vajra, she wearing an elaborate bone apron and holding the chopper, their faces with animated expressions surmounted by an elaborate floral tiara crowned by a further image of Vajrapani in the headdress, the dhotis finely incised with floral patterns and hatching imitating fur
17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink and Son, Ltd., London, 1990s
Christie's New York, 23 September 2004, lot 127
Christie's New York, 23 September 2004, lot 127
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Body, Speech and Mind, Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1998, cat. no. 3, p. 12
Exhibition catalogue, Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa," Madrid, 2000, cat. no. 6, p. 97
Exhibition catalogue, Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa," Madrid, 2000, cat. no. 6, p. 97
Exhibited
"Body, Speech and Mind", Spink & Son, Ltd., London, December 1998
"Monasterios y lamas del Tibet", Fundación "La Caixa," Madrid, November 2000 - January 2001
"Monasterios y lamas del Tibet", Fundación "La Caixa," Madrid, November 2000 - January 2001
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