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A RARE AND EXCEEDINGLY FINE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE
FIGURE OF VAJRABHAIRAVA AND VAJRA VETALI
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
The wrathful nine-headed, thirty-four-armed Vajrabhairava, finely cast in several parts,
strides in alidhasana atop geese, bulls, and prostrated figures over a double-lotus base. His
subsidiary arms, separately cast and dovetailed, hold numerous attributes. His primary hands
are wrapped around his consort Vajra Vetali in a intimate embrace. On his back, there is a
painted flayed elephant skin. The Vajrabhairava is detachable from the base. The sealed base is
incised with a double-vajra.
10 in. (25.2 cm) high
HK$5,800,000-7,500,000 US$750,000-960,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2003, lot 82
Gallery Koller, Zurich, 2007
L I T E R AT U R E :
Orientations, September 2007, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 53

西藏 十八世紀 局部鎏金銅大威德金剛像
來源:
紐約佳士得，2003年9月17日，拍品82號
Gallery Koller，蘇黎世，2007年
出版:
《Orientations》，2007年9月，38集，6號，頁53

(base 底部) X-Ray of the base, showing consecrated scrolls within
由底部X光片可見內部裝藏經卷

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