Vajrasattva
Gilt bronze
Vajrasattva
NEPAL
The Bodhisattva is identified by the vajra held upright in the right hand and the vajra-handled bell in the left hand. The figure wears a three-leaf crown fronted by a seated Aksobhya Buddha. The crown has floral sidepieces and attached ribbons. An urna is present on the forehead and the three lines of a great person are visible on the neck. The upper body is adorned with jewelry and a sacred thread. The buckled skirt is decorated with starburst patterns and folds tightly about the legs. The figure stands in the tribhanga posture that tips the head to one side.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1299.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrasattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1299.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Vajrasattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1299.
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. 1299).
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