Vajrabhairava with Vajravetali

18th century

57.2 cm 88.9 cm

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The enlightened wrathful deity Vajrabhairava, Buddhist conqueror of death, embraces his female partner, Vajravetali. His nine heads include that of a buffalo, the animal associated with the defeated god of death, and the crowning yellow face of Manjushri, bodhisattva of wisdom...

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John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.
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