STATUE OF VAJRASATTVA IN BRONZE GOLDEN
NEPAL, BEGINNING OF THE XVIth CENTURY
He is represented sitting in Vajrasana on a Lotiform base. His hands hold the vajra and the Ghanta . He is dressed in dhoti and adorned with jewels with inlays. His cold golden face is full of serenity; unsealed.
Height: 20.5 cm. (8 in.)
Details
- Title : STATUE OF VAJRASATTVA IN BRONZE GOLDEN
- Year : EARLY 16TH CENTURY
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : GILT BRONZE
- Accession No : LOT 227
- Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
- Collection : Christies
- Status : UPCOMING LOT FOR SALE IN CHRISTIE'S PARIS ( as mentioned on 05/12/2019)
- Estimate : EUR 15,000 - EUR 20,000 (USD 16,645 - USD 22,194)
- Origin : The Private Collection of Lionel and Danielle Fournier of Himalayan Art, France, collected in Europe during 1970s-1980s.
- Post Lot Text : A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA NEPAL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
- Lot Essay : Amongst the followers of the Kadampa school Vajrasattva, 'Diamond Being', is the Primordial Buddha heading the group of five Buddha families or Tathagatas . He is seated in Vajrasana on a lotus basis and represented as a Bodhisattva . He holds his two attributes, the Vajra and Ghanta , in a manner characteristic of him, namely the diamond sceptre in front of his chest and the priest-bell at his left hip. The attributes stand for the male and female poles of the cosmic polarity that will be transcendent, symbolising the highest goal of the tantric Buddhist practice.