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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BARONESS EVA BESSENYEY
(LOTS 601-640 AND LOTS 719-724)
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A BLACK STONE STELE OF
CHAKRASAMVARA AND VAJRAVARAHI
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
10√ in. (27.6 cm.) high
Chakrasamvara and his ferce consort Vajravarahi,
$10,000-15,000 important deities of the highest class of
yogic practice in Newar Buddhism, are depicted
here in alidhasana with four faces and twelve
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim hands, striding atop supine fgures. The multi-
Christie’s New York, 12 September 2012, lot 542 headed tutelary deity Chakrasamvara holds
various attributes with his many arms radiating
EXHIBITED
On loan to the Hofstra University Museum of Art, around him, the principle arms holding a vajra and
1968/69-2011 ghanta and the uppermost draping a tiger skin
New York, Hostra University Museum of Art, over his back.
“Fragments of Eastern Religions,” 6 July-25
September 1983; and “Focus on India,” Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org),
18 April-6 May 1979 item no. 24494.
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