A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI

Lot 302
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ID 922281
Lot 302 | A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI

NORTHEASTERN INDIA OR TIBET, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high





Provenance

Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, New York, before 1968.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, accessioned in 1968 (acc. no. 68.8.41).



Literature

W. Begley, Pala Art: Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from Eastern India, ca. 800-1200 A.D., Iowa City, 1969, no. 16.

Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24664.



Exhibited

Iowa City, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Pala Art: Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from Eastern India, ca. 800-1200 A.D., 1969-70, no. 16.
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