A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI

Description:

Tibet, 12th/ 13th c.
H. 11,7 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a lotus base with his right hand brandishing the vajra while the left is showing the tarjanimudra, wearing tiger-skin skirt, scarf draped over his shoulders, snake-mala and ornaments, his face displaying a severe expression with protruding eyes below arched eyebrows and his red coloured hairdo combed in a high chignon secured with a snake and tiara, unsealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 69
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 69, pp 178 and 179 - Minor wear, traces of age