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尺寸：高8.9cm
年代：12世纪
质地：合金铜错红铜
风格：东北印度 帕拉
来源：拍卖会
成交：52,500美元(2017.03)
参阅：纽约邦瀚斯
鉴赏：
应该为西藏帕拉风格的作品.
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A COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, CIRCA 11TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2375
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) high

印度東北部 帕拉時期 約十一世紀 錯紅銅金鋼手銅像
参阅: 古比特佛像网, 编号: 金刚手菩萨:金刚手菩萨098

This diminutive yet powerful figure with copper inlaid eyes stands over a pool of figures representing the eight Maras. Within the grasp of his left hand and clenched teeth he stretches out a snake while holding the vajra aloft in his right hand. The act of biting or devouring the snake is commonly found in representations of Mahachakra Vajrapani, although he is usually shown with four or six arms and three heads. Early representations of Vajrapani vary greatly, with additional elements as well as composite figures. No other examples of this representation of Vajrapani are known. Unusual to the present sculpture is the composition of the Garuda perched on his left shoulder and the figure of Akshobhya surmounting his coiled topknot.

It is likely that this figure would have occupied the center of a reticulated lotus or flanked a central figure set on a prominent lotus stem. For similar figures see von Schroeder, Buddhist SCulpture in Tibet, Vol. 1, 2001, p. 294, no. 98A-B; and a Hevajra standing on a flat disc in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 276, no. 66A.

Provenance
Josef Neumann Collection, Australia
Lawson's, Sydney, 28 April 1999, Lot 323
Phillip Adams Collection, Australia