figure
- Museum number
- 1859,1228.49
- Description
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Figure (Vajrapāṇi). This slender Bodhisattva holds his attribute, the ‘vajra’, an elongated and pointed wand without curved prongs, in his right hand, his left hand makes a expository gesture. His lower garment ends in elaborate pleats, and his pearled sacred cord falls almost as far. His ornamented head-dress has no indication of hair; however, he has a strand of hair falling over each shoulder to the armpit. Made of bronze.
- Production date
- 9thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 23.50 centimetres
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Width: 8 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Zwalf 1985
This slender Bodhisattva holds his attribute, the ‘vajra’, here an elongated and pointed wand without curved prongs, in his right hand and may have flanked a central Buddha like the Vajrapāṇi in Candi Mendut, but his left hand makes a different, expository, gesture. His lower garment is shorter than that of Padmapāṇi and ends in elaborate pleats, and his pearled sacred cord falls almost as far. His ornamented head-dress has no indication of hair, as has Padmapāṇi, but recalls the Nepalese Vajrācārya's crown (no. 166); like the Padmapāṇi, however, he has a strand of hair falling over each shoulder to the armpit.
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Register says:
Bronze standing figure Vajrapani on circular lotus base, two armed and well proportioned, holding a short staff or Vajra bar in right hand. Wears rich tiara; ears long with long earrings. Nimbus with flame border behind head. Wears a long rosary.
Found near Mountain Dieng or Prahu.
Raffles Collection.
Figured in Pl.77 Raffles Java
Presented by the Executor of Lady Raffles.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2019-2020 Sept-Jan, Gallery 91, Sir Stamford Raffles
2019 29 Jan-May, Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Raffles in Southeast Asia
1994, National Museum of Singapore, 'Raffles Reviewed: Sir Stamford Raffles'
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1859,1228.49
