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A LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Finely cast standing in alidhasana on a beaded double-lotus base with a central petaled disk, his raised right hand brandishing a vajra, the left held to the chest clutching a noose, wearing a tiger skin around his waist, a scarf draped across his broad shoulders, and adorned with snake ornaments. The bearded face with a wrathful expression marked by wide almond-shaped eyes, wavy furrowed brows, and long sharp teeth framed by a mustache and chin beard, flanked by elongated earlobes. The hair pulled up into a high chignon behind the foliate tiara.The base sealed with an oval plate incised with a double-vajra.Provenance: Nagel, Stuttgart, 16 May 1998, lot 2208 (attributed to Nepal and dated 18th century or earlier), estimate DEM 12,000 or approx. EUR 15,000 (including buyer's premium, converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A private collection in southern Germany, acquired from the above, and thence by descent.Condition: Good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities. Small losses, light warping, scattered minuscule nicks and light surface scratches. The base with minor old repairs, few dings, and small losses. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina.Weight: 5,462 gDimensions: Height 35 cmVajrapani, originally a peaceful bodhisattva in the Mahayana tradition, has a wrathful manifestation within the Tantric or Vajrayana Buddhist tradition. The present lot depicts Nilambara Vajrapani, or the Blue-Clad One. In this form Vajrapa?i is dark blue, with one face, three eyes, and two hands. His clothing is blue and his thick matted hair streams upward. His body is adorned with numerous serpents in various places, and in his right hand he brandishes a vajra. For the Tibetans, and no doubt for Indian tantric practitioners, this form of Vajrapa?i was highly popular?, to the extent that the Kangyur contains no less than seven tantras and two dharani texts centered on this awakened figure.In this manifestation, the wrathful Vajrapani displays his rightful indignation at hindrances that impede the practitioner on the path to enlightenment, directed toward the foolishness of someone who has encountered the Buddha's teaching and who is, even so, too arrogant and prideful to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and the Sangha. For both protection and purification, a wrathful Vajrapani is invoked during the Krodhavesha ritual in the Kalachakra practice, in which the practitioner identifies with Vajrapani.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams London, 15 May 2014, lot 274 Price: GBP 12,500 or approx. EUR 23,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A gilt-bronze figure of Vajrapani, 16th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, gilding, and subject. Note the much smaller size (14.7 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2008, lot 614 Price: USD 61,000 or approx. EUR 73,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani, School of Zanabazar, 17th to 18th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, gilding, and subject. Note the much smaller size (19 cm).

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