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TIBET, 14TH-15TH CENTURY 13 5/8 in. ( 34.6 cm.) high
Yan Wing Arts Co., Hong Kong, 1991.
The heavenly embodiment of wisdom, Vajradhara, holds a ghanta (Tib. drilbu) and vajra (Tib. dorje) in vajrahumkara mudra, representing his primordial wisdom and mastery of skillful means. Vajradhara is understood as the secret form of Buddha Shakyamuni and the combined essence of all buddhas. In the highest form of tantric Tibetan Buddhist meditation, the five Tathagatas emanate from the body of Vajradhara.
The present form of this important meditational deity is depicted in a classical Tibetan style, with elongated torso, turquoise ornaments, the face adorned with cold gold, and with polychromy to the eyes, lips, and hair. The figure’s proportions, facial modeling, and ornamentation, including the-jewel topped pile of hair and beaded arm bands, bear a great similarity to a fifteenth-century gilt-bronze figure of Vajradhara at the Newark Museum (acc. no. 70.5A).
Compare the crown ornaments, the delicate facial features, the lithe physiognomy, attentuated waist and exuberant gilding and stone-inlay with another gilt-bronze figure of Vajradhara, ca. fifteenth century, sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2000, lot 78.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 13478.