Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas

ca. 1400

50.2 cm 59.1 cm

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Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha, is considered to be the original teacher of the tantric Buddhist (Vajrayana) teachings. Blue in color, he holds a vajra (a ritual scepter identified as masculine, and symbolizing compassionate action) and a bell (identified as feminine, and s...

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Chino Ronconi, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, November 1992, by purchase.
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