Dancing on her left foot over a supplicant on a double-lotus base, holding a skull cup, khatvanga and a curved knife, adorned with jewelry and a garland of skulls, her wrathful face with three bulging eyes surmounted by a skull tiara and high chignon topped by the sow’s head, backed by a flaming mandorla, the base centered by auspicious offerings flanked by two kneeling worshippers 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high.
Details
- Title : A rare black stone stele of Vajravarahi
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Black Stone
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 15TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 73
- Lot Essay : Though Vajravarahi is frequently depicted in union with Chakrasamvara as the embodiment of wisdom, she also has an independent identity as a supreme deity and enlightened female. Milarepa sang her praises as follows: Woman is essentially wisdom, Source of spontaneous prajna and subtle body Never consider her inferior; Strive especially to see her as Vajravarahi
- Price realised : USD 92,500
- Estimate : USD 80,000 - USD 120,000
- Provenance : Acquired in New York by 1998
- Literature : P. Pal, Himalayas, an Aesthetic Adventure, 2003, p.227-228, figure 148