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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI, TIBET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天2小时
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The yidam tutelary deity stands in alidhasana, trampling two small supine figures which lie prostate upon a separately cast lotus base. The deity holds a vajra in his outstretched right hand while the left cradles a kapala close to the chest. He is adorned with turquoise-inlaid beaded foliate jewelry and wears a tiger pelt around his waist, the feline's head draped over the bent right knee, its eyes painted and hide finely incised with characteristic stripes. The base is sealed with a copper plate incised with a double vajra.The cold-painted wrathful face bears a fierce expression marked by wide, piercing eyes, furrowed brows, and mouth agape revealing sharp fangs within, flanked by ears with elongated lobes suspending large foliate earrings. The hair neatly pulled away from the face and tied into a high chignon decorated with a winged beast atop a slithering snake, all behind the tall foliate crown.Provenance: From a private collection in southern Germany. Condition: Good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities. Few tiny dings, small shallow surface scratches, rubbing and minor losses to gilt, light warping to base and crown, minor losses to inlays with some possibly replaced. The cold gilt and pigments to the face well preserved with possibly microscopic touchups.Weight: 659.3 g Dimensions: Height 14.8 cmExpert's note:While Vajrapani appears primarily as a peaceful bodhisattva in early Mahayana contexts, wrathful manifestations emerged in Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhism. This sculpture is rare and unusual in its inclusion of a kapala held in the left hand, an attribute more commonly associated with multi-armed forms of Vajrapani as well as other wrathful deities such as Mahakala. The presence of the kapala, together with Vajrapani's semi-wrathful expression, notably calmer than that seen in most Tibetan representations of the deity, reflects Newari artistic influence on the craftsman who produced this fine figure and may point toward a slightly earlier date. Compare a related Nepalese gilt-bronze figure of Vajrapani in a peaceful and slender form, holding a vajra and kapala in his hands, dated to the 14th century, 18 cm high, in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, accession number EA2013.87.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Bonhams Paris, 10 December 2024, lot 90Price: EUR 24,320 or approx. EUR 24,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A small gilt-copper alloy figure of Vajrapani, Central Tibet, 15th-16th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, and gilding, with similar pose, semi-wrathful expression, and size (13.5 cm).

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