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尺寸：16.5 x 10 x 7.6 cm
年代：15世纪
质地：银质(silver and semiprecious stones)
风格：西藏南部
来源：芝加哥艺术博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Vajradhara Buddha Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)
This silver figure, though adorned like a bodhisattva, is more likely the Buddha Vajradhara. It probably served as the center of a three-dimensional mandala. The Buddha sits in the meditation posture while holding a vajra (thunderbolt) and bell in a gesture known as vajrahumkara (the adamantine sound). Certain sects of Himalayan Buddhism consider Vajradhara the creator and supreme power. He is the originator of the Five Transcendental Buddhas and embodies shunyata (voidness).