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尺寸：高40cm
年代：14世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：73,000美元(2007.12)
参阅：纽约苏富比
鉴赏：
A fine gilt copper figure of Vajrapani inset with turquoise
Tibet, 14th century
the bodhisattva standing on a lotus pedestal with right hand held in vitarka mudra, the gesture of argumentation, and holding a lotus supporting a vajra, the left hand down at his side holding a lotus stem topped by Vajrapani's second attribute the chamara, or flywhisk 15 3/4 in., 40 cm

Catalogue Note
The statue would have attended a larger central deity, probably a seated Tathagata, with a similar bodhisattva, possibly Padmapani, standing on the opposite side. Tibetan thankas, certainly from the eleventh century through the fourteenth century, portray Tathagatas and sometimes religious hierarchs with standing attendant bodhisattvas, see Steven M. Kossak and Jane Casey Singer, Sacred Visions; Early Paintings from Central Tibet, p. 60, Pl. 4, & p. 89, pl. 17. Flywhisks are carried by both Vajrapani and Padmapani in two seated bronze attendant bodhisattvas from Nepal, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 354, pl. 93A, C. A fourteenth century standing gilt bronze Tara, now in the Ngor monastery in the Tibetan province of Tsang, is closely comparable to the Vajrapani, with a very similar crown style, facial expression, jewelry design and attenuated form, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, 2001, p. 1034, pl. 257A