Vajrasattva
Bronze
Vajrasattva
INDIA
The statue likely originated from the Western Himalayan areas such as Kashmir, Ladakh, or Himachal Pradesh. The Bodhisattva wears a distinct headdress with a garland of flowers, or a head-scarf, hanging from it. Braids fall to the shoulders and a simple stole twines around the arms. The jewelry worn by the figure includes a pair of large earrings, a necklace, and a beaded sacred thread. The right hand supports an upright vajra while the left hand rests on a vajra-handled bell. Vajrasattva is seated on a high cushion in full lotus position, the legs slightly overlapping the double lotus throne.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1298.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrasattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Vajrasattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Vajrasattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1298).
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