A Small Nepalese Bronze Standing Figure of Vajrayogini, 19th Century
bronze
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in, 8.9 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CAD
Sold for: $625
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Acquired from Sotheby's, New York in the Fall of 1994 by Michael D. Stevenson, Pasadena CA
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Victoria, circa 1996
Depicting Vajrayogini, the female embodiment of passion and a tantric Buddhist dakini (sky walker), the figure is striding forward on a prone figure, a skull cup in her left hand, and a sacred dagger in the other, a ritual staff resting on her shoulder, all on a lotus base.
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