Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 539
A RARE TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A RARE TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Standing in a dynamic pose on a lotus pedestal, with a vajra in his raised right hand and a ghanta in his left hand, he wears a long bead necklace and an ornate tiara, and stands on the bodies of defeated deities, the copper base with a double vajra, 782g, 14.5cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, Southampton.
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, no.171, for a related figure of Vajradhara.