STATUETTE DE VAJRAPANI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉDYNASTIE QING, XVIIIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 487615.5 cm (6 1/8 in.) highProvenance: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANIQING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY清 十八世紀 銅鎏金金剛手菩薩像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sHolding the thunderbolt (vajra) in his raised right hand, Vajrapani lunges fiercely with his right leg bent in warrior's pose (pratyalidha sana). He wears a tiger skin around his waist, a snake draped over his shoulder, with a protruding belly adorned in abundant jewelry. Depicted with a wrathful face, his gaping mouth and wavy brows are framed within a crown of skulls and wild, fiery hair. As 'the Lord of Secrets', he is the holder and protector of all Tantric texts received from the Buddha Shakyamuni.pare with similar examples of Vajrapani, one sold at Christie's, New York, 17 September 1998, lot 124 and another sold at , New York, 14 September 2016, lot 64.