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A COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI A COPPER REPOUSSÉ LINGAM COVER
Nepal, 17th century Nepal, 16th century
With inscriptions in the corners.
Standing in pratyalidhasana with one hand holding a vajra and another 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) high
holding a snake, wearing a tiger skin around his hips, his wrathful face $2,000 - 3,000
surmounted by a crown of human skulls.
20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm) high 尼泊爾 十六世紀 銅錘疊林伽護蓋
$4,000 - 6,000
尼泊爾 十七世紀 金剛手菩薩銅像 Compare the face to a repoussé copper mask sold at Christie’s, New
York, 18 September 2013, lot 347.
Compare with a Vatuka Bhairava in the Bharat Kala Bhavan. See Pal,
Arts of Nepal, Leiden, 1974, pl. 152. Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33020
Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33019 Provenance
Frederick Baekeland, New York
Provenance Collection of Dr and Mrs Robert Dickes, acquired before 1990
Collection of Dr and Mrs Robert Dickes Thence by descent
Acquired from William H. Wolff, Inc., New York, 13 May 1985
Thence by descent
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