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A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF VAJRAVARAHI
TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
西藏 約十四世紀 黑石雕金剛亥母像
This stone figure of Vajravarahi comes from a long tradition of portable carvings that were brought to Tibet by Indian missionaries, Tibetan pilgrims, and monks fleeing the Muslim invasion. In terms of style, its utilization of black stone and incising of the flaming mandorla are largely derived from Late Pala period and Western Tibetan sculptures.
For example, see the lotus petal designs of a Western Tibetan brass image depicting Chandra Vajrapani, published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 176-7, no. 32E, as well as several Indian carvings of Vajravarahi and Vajrayogini in black stone, published in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 388-9, nos. 125B-E.
Provenance:
Ashencaen and Leonov, London, 2000s