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A gilt-bronze figure of Vajrabhairava and Vajravetali, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 銅鎏金大威德金剛與白達里空行母雙修像

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December 15, 11:33 AM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 EUR

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Property from a European private collection

A gilt-bronze figure of Vajrabhairava and Vajravetali

Qing dynasty, 19th century


Vajrabhairava in dynamic embrace with Vajravetali, enveloping his consort with thirty-four arms, his nine heads with the principal face of a buffalo, flaming red hair rising behind, and the god’s sixteen legs trampling animals, birds, and gods on a lotus pedestal

H. 27.9 cm, 11 in.

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Collection particulière européenne

Statuette de Vajrabhairava en yab-yum avec sa parèdre Vajravetali en bronze doré, dynastie Qing, XIXe siècle

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歐洲私人收藏

清十九世紀 銅鎏金大威德金剛與白達里空行母雙修像

Vajrabhairava’s demonic buffalo head signifies conquest over Yama, the god of death in ancient Indian mythology. And the serene topmost head represents Manjushri, the Buddhist god of transcendent wisdom and the spiritual progenitor of this wrathful mediation deity. The Brahmanical gods, birds and animals trampled underfoot represent obstacles to spiritual liberation. The gilt bronze group is cast in the late Qing style, cf. a ca 1750-1800 example in Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 557, pl. 160F.