figure
- Museum number
- 1990,0409.1
- Description
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Figure. Fierce deity striding to his right on recumbent figures and holding a vajra in his raised right hand and a garuda in his left. Probably gSang-ba'i bDag-po, A Bongpo form of Vajrapāṇi. Made of brass, with red pigment in the headdress. Partly repoussé and partly cast.
- Production date
- 17thC-20thC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.30 centimetres
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Height: 6 inches
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Acquisition notes
- 1). Purchased from Galerie Saundarya Lahari, Nieuwe Looierstraat 23, 1017 VA Amserdam, The Netherlands. 2). Obtained in in Darjeeling about 1922 (cf. van Manen in curatorial note)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1990,0409.1