
Mark Rasmussen
International Director
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This thickly cast element would have been part of the arched frame around a central shrine image. The identity of the figure based upon the paired attributes of a sword and shield is unknown. However, a closely related figure of a six-armed form of Vighnantaka in the Potala Collection is cast with the same seated posture, relatively simplistic treatment of the crown, jewelry, textiles, and flaming mandorla, see von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculpture in Tibet, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 203, no. 61.
Published:
Stephen Little, "Images of the Buddha from the Michael Phillips Collection", in Arts of Asia, Jan-Feb 2013, fig. 12, p. 107.
Provenance:
Estate of Lawrence Phillips, New York