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A POLYCHROMED WOOD FIGURE OF KHECHARA VAJRAYOGINI
TIBET, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY
西藏 約十八世紀 木雕加彩那若卡居金剛瑜伽女像
Striding on prone figures with her head and skull cup raised to the sky is Naro Dakini, a form of Vajrayogini envisioned by the Indian Mahasiddha, Naropa. Popularly depicted in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, she belongs to a group of female deities known as dakinis who have initiated, taught, or assisted many great teachers in Vajrayana rituals. Wrathful and triumphant, such figures of Naro Dakini are among Tibetan art's most heroic portrayals of the feminine divine.
Compare with two images depicting Naro Dakini in copper alloy, one sold at Bonhams, New York, 17 September 2014, lot 61, and another sold at Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2018, lot 3042.
Published:
Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Body, Speech and Mind: Buddhist Art from Tibet, Mongolia and China, Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1998, pp.28-29, no.15.
Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p.95, no.4.
Exhibited:
Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa", Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.
Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1998