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STATUTE In gilded bronze, representing the Vajrapani divinit…
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177
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STATUTE In gilded bronze, representing the Vajrapani divinit…
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
STATUTE
In gilded bronze, representing the Vajrapani divinity, standing on a lotus, holding the vajra in his raised right hand.
His face is wrathful, his half-open mouth revealing fangs. The face is crowned with a five-flower diadem. The hair is in the shape of stylised flames, in which a bird (possibly a stylised Garuda) appears.
The tiger skin loincloth completes the divinity's ornamentation.
Tibet, 18th century
H. 25.5 cm
Total height: 29 cm
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