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DescriptionA gilt-bronze group of Yamantaka and VajravetaliQing dynasty, Qianlong / Jiaqing period清乾隆 / 嘉慶 銅鎏金大威德金剛與白達里空行母雙修像
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13806HAR編號13806
Height 9¼ in., 23.3 cmCondition reportGood overall condition, with just insignificant losses to the tips of the flames above the head, and general surface wear.
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加拿大私人收藏Catalogue noteThis complex and powerfully modeled sculpture depicts Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Discriminating Wisdom, together with his consort Vajravetali in ecstatic union. The large and ferocious buffalo head of Vajrabhairava with towering, fiery tresses coiled into thick ropes dominate the sculpture and commands the focal point, as it is the same size as the torso and legs. Six fierce human faces wrap around the back of the buffalo head, and are surmounted by a further fierce human face and the head of wrathful Manjushri. Vajrabhairava, or Adamantine Anger, the destroyer of ignorance and fear of death, is one of the principal yidams of the Geluk sect, the Tibetan Buddhist order founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) that enjoyed increased importance amongst the emperors of the Ming dynasty. From the mid-17th century onwards, favored by the Qing court, the sect and its lineage became the became the dominant theocratic power in Tibet through the Dalai Lama, and the sole represented Tibetan Buddhist lineage within China.
Tsongkhapa, as well as the Manchu emperors, were additionally considered manifestations of the bodhisattva Manjushri, explaining in part the popularity of Vajrabhairava within China. The Qing emperors maintained direct links with the Dalai and Panchen Lamas and propagated the Geluk lineage of Buddhism within China, sponsoring the construction of numerous monasteries and temples around the capital of Beijing. Vajrabhairava, the all-powerful manifestation of Manjushri, was thereby symbolic of ultimate imperial authority. This awe-inspiring statue serves to enforce the imperial mandate while representing the highest ideals of the spiritual path to Buddhist enlightenment.
Another figure of similar size, iconography and workmanship is illustrated in Buddhist Art from Rehol: Tibetan Buddhist images and ritual objects from the Qing dynasty Summer Palace at Chengde, The Chang Foundation, Taipei, and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, 1999, cat. no. 46. A larger model of Yamantaka Vajrabhairava with a Jiaqing reign mark in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in Wladamir Zwalf, Heritage of Tibet, London, 1981, pl. 28. See also a closely related figure sold at Christie's New York, 15th-16th March 2015, lot 3214.