佛像网

尺寸：H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
年代：13世纪
质地：合金铜(Copper alloy with turquoise, silver, and colors)
风格：西藏中部
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Vajravarahi in Wrathful Posture
13th century
Central Tibet
佛像网, 编号: 金刚亥母:金刚亥母008

Vajravarahi derives from the boar-headed Hindu goddess Varahi, the female aspect of Vishnu’s boar avatar, Varaha. She reflects the incorporation of Hindu imagery into Vajrayana Buddhism. Here, the face of a sow projects from her head. Wearing a garland of severed heads, she dances on a corpse, wielding a chopper with a vajra (thunderbolt) finial, evoking the cutting away of illusions.

来源:
The Zimmerman Family Collection , New York (by 1977 until 2014; donated to MMA)

著录:
Giles, Beguin, ed. Dieux et Démons de l'Himâlaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaïque. Exh. cat. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1977, cat. no. 124.

Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet. Exh. cat. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991, pp. 115–16.