Fig. 19. Bodhisattva Vajrapani
Copper with traces of ancient cold gilding (face); height: ca. 17 cm.
Newari artist in Tibet, ca. mid-13th century.
A good example of the Pala style influenced Nepalese sculptural tradition at the eve of or “around” the “Aniko style group”.
Compare with the Philadelphia-Vajrapani fig. 8, and with a 18th century stylistic copy at Hanhai auction, Beijing 12.12.2010, no. 2737.
Ex John and Berthe Ford Collection (Baltimore).
Photo: after Huntington 1990, no. 149.