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Transcendental Buddha Vajrasatva   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Himalayan (?)
Title
Transcendental Buddha Vajrasatva
Description
English: Literally, the Sanskrit expression "vajrasatva" means "thunderbolt or diamantine (also adamantine) essence," of which Vajrasattva is clearly the embodiment. As an important archetypal deity, Vajrasattva is regarded both as a Buddha and a bodhisattva, though he is generally represented elaborately bedecked with ornaments in "sambhogakaya" or "body-of-bliss" form.
  • Here, Vajrasattva is found in an unusual standing posture on a lotus between two stupas. He holds his attributes, the thunderbolt and the bell; and his hair is arranged in a tall chignon which may once have been adorned with a lotus.
  • Attached to the underside of the base are two lions striding in opposite directions, their heads turned towards one another. Clearly, the pedestal was originally two-tiered, as may be seen in a more complete bronze statue in The British Museum (von Schroeder 1981, no. 32F).
Date between 1000 and 1300
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium brass, wood
Dimensions 17.1 cm (6.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
54.3014
Place of creation Tibet (?)
Object history
  • John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 2002: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.
Credit line gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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