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尺寸：高20.6cm
年代：18世纪
质地：铜鎏金
风格：蒙古 西藏
来源：拍卖会
成交：23,750美元(2015.09)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
A gilt copper alloy figure of Vajrapani Bhutadamara
Tibet, 18th century
The repoussé base with Bhuta Aparajita holding the trisula, kapala, flaying knife and damaru trampled face down below his feet; cast Vajrapani clutches the lasso and vajra and displays the gesture of subduing demons before his ferocious expression.
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) high

西藏 十八世紀 銅鎏金金剛手菩薩像
古比特佛像网, 编号: 金刚手菩萨:金刚手菩萨108

As caretaker and guardian of all the Tantras, Vajrapani ameliorates problems that can arise during intensive practice. Within the Lamdre Tradition, Vajrapani Bhutadamara is the foremost practice for removing obstructions on a practitioner's path.

Sculptural representations of this aspect of Vajrapani are rare and the treatment of the repoussé lotus base is unusual with its long thin leaves. Compare the style, proportions, and affect to a figure of Vajrapani published in Spink, The Mirror of Mind, London, 1995, p. 51, fig. 33 and sold at Christie's, New York, 20 March 2009, lot 1382. Also compare the proportions of the figure with an 18th-century thangka in the Rubin Museum of Art: www.himalayanart.org/items/64.

Referenced:
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33034

Provenance:
Private US Collection
Acquired in Kathmandu, early 1960