A Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra and Consort, 18th century, the...
A Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra and Consort, 18th century, the three-headed and six-armed deity and his consort embracing, each holding ritual items, on a double lotus base, 35cm
A deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, Guhyasamaja or 'Secret Assembly', is the deification of the Guhyasamaja tantra, an important Tantric treatise, believed to be one of the first Sanskrit texts to be translated into Tibetan during the 8th century
. Small stones missing, minor faults throughout, bruises around base Provenance: West Yorkshire private vendor, inherited it from her father, she can always remember it
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A Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra and Consort, 18th century, the three-headed and six-armed deity and his consort embracing, each holding ritual items, on a double lotus base, 35cm
A deity in Vajrayana Buddhism, Guhyasamaja or 'Secret Assembly', is the deification of the Guhyasamaja tantra, an important Tantric treatise, believed to be one of the first Sanskrit texts to be translated into Tibetan during the 8th century
. Small stones missing, minor faults throughout, bruises around base Provenance: West Yorkshire private vendor, inherited it from her father, she can always remember it
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