figure
- Museum number
- 1859,1228.94
- Description
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Figures (Tantric group - Vajrapani or Dharmapala ?). Trailokyavijaya trampling Śiva and Pārvatī. Made of cast bronze.
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.30 centimetres
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Width: 15 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register says:
Bronze group of Vajrapani or Dharmapala with 8 arms & 4 faces trampling on two prostrate nude figures male and female lying on their backs. Two of the hands have held objects which are missing. The figure cannot be Brahma as stated in the plate in Raffles’ Java. The group apparently commemorate the destination of a couple detected in an amour.
Found near Mountain Dieng or Prahu
Presented by the Executor of lady Raffles.
Raffles collection. Engraved Raffles’ Java Pl.77
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019 29 Jan-May, Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Raffles in Southeast Asia
2019-2020 Sept-Jan, Gallery 91, Sir Stamford Raffles
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1859,1228.94
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: M.644