ID 922281
Lot 302 | A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
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.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Tibet |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Tibet |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
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