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Metal and Stone Vestiges
Religion, Magic and Protection in the Art of Ancient Tibet

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These thokcha Vajrapani figures exhibit some of the same specific iconographic traits as the pictograph. This confirms that parallel development in art between the two media of rock art and small object metal casting continued well into the Buddhist period. The two thokcha figures on the right may date to the early Buddhist period while the specimen on the left may be somewhat later (circa 1500?).

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