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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's
Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT
Lot 324
A GILT COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Estimate: 7,000 - 9,000 USD
PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Height 4 ¼ in. (11.4 cm)
the wrathful deity standing in alidhasana on two prostrate figures atop a lotus base, his right hand brandishing a vajra, the left
hand holding a ghanta at his waist, adorned with jewelry and wearing a crown decorated with a lotus bud ornament at center
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13693.
Provenance
Acquired in India or Nepal, circa 1970s
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