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A Sinotibetan bronze vajra. Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
德国 北京时间
2022年06月11日 开拍
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A five-pointed vajra diamond scepter, the central section with lotus friezes centered by a rounded knob, symbolising emptiness, flanked by frieze of pearls between plain bands, surrounded by a eight-petalled lotus at either side, the fout outer curved prongs emerging from makara heads, and at either end joining the central shaft with their tips. The thunderbolt (skrt. vajra, Tibet. dorje) is a historical development of the lightning sceptre of the Vedic rain and thunderstorm god Indra, who is considered the king of the gods in the Vedic scriptures. In Vajrayana and Lamaism, it symbolises the diamond nature and thus the emptiness in the existent, the indestructible and eternal absolute. It also stands for the male principle, while the bell (skrt. ghanta) as its antithesis stands for the female principle. The vajra symbolises the inseparability of emptiness and form and is the attribute in all representations of deities and the main symbol of the Vajrayana (diamond vehicle). A vajra is represented with three, five or nine spokes. The five- or nine-spoked versions are the most common in the Tantric Buddhist traditions. The nine-spoked vajra symbolises the five Buddhas of the five directions, as well as their consorts. While it is a sceptre with peaceful deities and an indestructible weapon with wrathful deities.
Dimensions:Length 13.1 cm
provenance:Private collection, Hesse, assembled since the 1970s
notes:VAT: Margin scheme

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