Lot 35 Dα

A Sinotibetan gilt bronze figure of Vajrapani. 18th century

The fierce holder of the thunderbolt striding in alidhasana on a lotus base in front of a flaming aureole, holding his eponymous vajra aloft in his right hand and a lasso in his left, wearing a tiger skin, a billowing sash and adorned with the dharmapala-jewels. The face and hair painted with applied cold gold and red and polychrome pigments. The sealed base incised with a double-vajra. Cast in three parts.
Height 26 cm