
Mark Rasmussen
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印度東北部 帕拉時期 十一世紀 金剛度母銅坐像
Vajratara is defined as being yellow in color with four faces and eight hands, peaceful in appearance. She is from the Vajrapanjara Tantra, an exclusive explanatory tantra in the Hevajra cycle of tantras. Vajratara is also included in the famous compendium of deity practices called the Vajravali compiled by Abhayakara Gupta.
Northeastern Indian images, such as this exquisite example, became an enormous influence on the development of Tibetan art (See lots 16, 17, 18 in this sale.) The representation of Tara in this form is very rare. Another example is on the cover, spine, and title page of von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 2008, 1981, nos. 73G&H and another sold at Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 2003, lot 41. For a discussion on the iconography of the deity, see Huntington and Huntington, Leaves from the Bodhi Tree, 1990, pp. 164-165.
Referenced:
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33017
Published:
Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, pp. 276-7, no. 66F
Provenance:
Private Collection, Berlin by 1981
Nagel Auktionen
Private New York Collection