A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI

Description:

Tibet, 12th/ 13th cent.
H. 11,5 cm
Trampling on a pair of figures reclining on the lotus base, his raised right hand brandishing the vajra while the left is showing the tarjanimudra, wearing tiger skirt, scarf floating around his shoulders, snake ornaments, bejewelled, his face is displaying a fierce expression with bulging eyes below raised eyebrows, beard framing his chin, elongated earlobes with snake-shaped ear ornaments, his blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon topped with a half-vajra and secured with a tiara.
Old European private collection - Minor traces of age and wear, slightly chipped