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A GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ YANTRA OF VAJRAVARAHI
NEPAL, LATE MALLA PERIOD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
尼泊爾 馬拉王朝晚期 十六/十七世紀 銅鎏金錘揲金剛亥母延陀羅
Published:
Arman Neven, Sculpture des Indes, Brussels, 1978, p. 248, no. 200.
Exhibited:
Sculpture des Indes, Société Générale de Banque, Brussels, 8 December 1978 - 31 January 1979.
Provenance:
With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1978
This yantra, a type of mandala with geometric patterns, features a central triangle surmounting six concentric tiered enclosures. Newari vowels and consonants are stamped throughout the first two rings. The central triangle standing on its tip is often associated with Vajravarahi, as commonly indicated on painted mandalas of the subject. (John Huntington, et. al., The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Los Angeles, 2003, p. 382, no. 115.)