A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHIZED VAJRA
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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHIZED VAJRA

TIBET OR NEPAL, 14TH

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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHIZED VAJRA
TIBET OR NEPAL, 14TH
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
出版
Himalayan Art ResourceS (himalayanart.org), item no. 24439.

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Tristan Bruck
Tristan Bruck

拍品专文

This six-armed, three-headed, large-fanged deity is an unusual one that can best be described as an anthropomorphized vajra that may be related to an early cult of Vajrapurusa—the personification of Buddha Vajrapani’s weapon.

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