STATUETTE DE VAJRADHARA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ TIBET, XIVE SIÈCLE

STATUETTE DE VAJRADHARA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ
TIBET, XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4632 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.) high

A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRADHARATIBET, 14TH CENTURY西藏 十四世紀 銅鎏金金剛總持像 Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sReferencing the perfected union of wisdom and compassion that results in Buddha-consciousness, Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha, crosses a vajra and ritual bell over his heart. Compare with a 14th/15th-century image of Maitreya sold at Sotheby's, New York, 22 September 2020, lot 323, as well as another Vajradhara image from the Roshan Sabavala collection in Mumbai (HAR 83297), both of which share similarly elongated limbs and torso with the present lot.