Vajravarahi, anonymous, 1100 - 1200

Identification

Title(s)

Vajravarahi

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-1423

Description

Beeldje van de godin Vajravarahi tegen driehoekige nimbus met rand van s-vormige vlammen.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Noordoost-India (possibly)

Dating

1100 - 1200

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

height 9.0 cm × width 6.0 cm × depth 2.3 cm

Subject

What

representations ~ goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Galerie de Ruimte, 1990)

Acquisition

loan 1990

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; purchased from the dealer Galerie de Ruimte, Eersel, by the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1990;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1990

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Dieux et démons de l'Himálaya : art du Bouddhisme lamaïque, Jeannine Auboyer, Gilles Béguin, p. 43, cat.nr. 186
Arts Asiatiques, XX (1969), p. 21-35.
'Die Gottin Vajravarahi', 1967-Meisezahl.

Persistent URL

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