A RARE TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRADHARA

15TH/16TH CENTURY

Standing in a dynamic pose on a lotus pedestal, with a vajra in his raised right hand and a ghanta in his left hand, he wears a long bead necklace, and an ornate tiara, and stands on the body of defeated deities, the copper base with a double vajra, 782g, 14.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Southampton.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, no.171, for a related figure of Vajradhara.