RARE STATUE DE USHNISHAVIJAYA EN CUIVRE DORE

TIBET, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DE USHNISHAVIJAYA EN CUIVRE DORE
TIBET, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE
Représentée assise en padmasana sur une base lotiforme, les mains principales tenant le vishvavajra, le vase, les autres six mains rayonnantes tenant divers attributs, vêtue d'un sari, parée de bijoux incrustés de turquoises, le visage principal serein, les deux autres féroces, coiffée de couronnes, non scellée
Hauteur: 15,5 cm. (6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Formerly the property of a Dutch private collector, acquired between the 1970's and the 1990's in The Netherlands, and bought from him by the present private collector in 1997, The Hague

Literature

Hugo Kreijger, Godenbeelden uit Tibet, SDU Uitgeverij, Den Haag, 1989, p. 85

Exhibited

Goden en goeroe's, Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, 17 June - 28 November 1989

Further details

A FINE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF THE THREE FACED USHNISHAVIJAYA
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The eight-armed Indian goddess Ushnishavijaya is one of three deities associated with longevity and the fulfillment of earthly desires. The other two are the White Tara and Amitayus. Ushnishavijaya combines aspects of three goddesses (hence her three heads), each associated with a sadhana (wish). She is particularly venerated in Tibet and Nepal.

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