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           PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE DANISH COLLECTOR  The current work was likely part of a triad,
                                            common during the twelfth and thirteenth
           A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
                                            centuries in Western Tibet. Triads depicting
           Western Tibet, 12th Century      Vajrapani often included the bodhisattvas
                                            Manjushri and Avalokiteshvara, connoting
           Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13468.
                                            wisdom, compassion and discriminating clarity.
           Height: 5 ⅛ in. (13 cm)
                                            This # gure has been identi# ed as the bodhisattva
           PROVENANCE                       Vajrapani, due to the vajra or sceptre in the right
                                            hand. However due to the ghanta or bell in the left
           Acquired privately, 1988.
                                            hand, this could also be a form of the bodhisattva
                                            Vajrasattva.
                                            $ 4,000-6,000




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