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A SILVER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA
Tibet, circa 16th century Western Tibet, 14th/15th century
Wearing elaborately chased silks, his mantle descends into foliate Wearing luxurious silks chased with lotus and cloud forms, his hands
scrolls by his side. crossed in vajrahumkara mudra below his confident, blissful gaze.
4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) high 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm) high
$5,000 - 8,000 $4,000 - 6,000
西藏 約十六世紀 金剛總持銀像 西藏西部 十四／十五世紀 金剛總持銅像
Worked in meticulous detail, Vajradhara’s lower garment silks are Referenced
incised with fine foliate designs and fall in naturalistic pleats over his HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33015
legs. His jewels and prominent crown would have been inset with
precious stones. Provenance
Private New York Collection
In discussion of a closely related figure of Mahapratisara in the Nyingjei Acquired from Emporium Antique Shop Ltd, 2008
Lam Collection, Weldon and Casey note, ‘Silver, a precious and
expensive metal, was used only rarely and - apparently - for special
commissions in Tibet’ (The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, London,
1999, p. 124, pl. 29).
Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33002
Provenance
Private Collection, Canada
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