A GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ PANEL OFVAJRAPANI AND RETINUE


QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61665 79.5 x 62.5 cm (31 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
|清朝 十八世纪 銅鎏金錘揲金剛手菩薩飾板In Vajrayana, wrathful manifestations typically come with a terrifying retinue of attendants, as portrayed in this large and refined panel of Vajrapani. Three attendants are depicted, from top to bottom, Raudrantaka, Hobsedug, and Dushanti Rozendu. The artist repeats them on either side for symmetry. The rosettes of Vajrapani's necklace were developed during the Kangxi and Zanabazar style. See examples with similar jewelry elements published in Zangchuan Fojiao Zaoxiang, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.240-1 & 264, nos.229-30 & 253. Also compare the lotus petals with flaming borders to those in an 18th-century thangka of Vajrabhairava, (Zangchuan Fojiao Thangka, Hong Kong, 2006, p.168, no.155).ProvenanceRam Chandra, London, 1998