Vajravarahi

15th century

54.6 cm 102.2 cm 55.9 cm

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Casting her eyes downward, Vajravarahi dances suspended in the air, the vivid red of her body alluding to her unfettered spirit and her capacity to create and destroy. Vajravarahi’s body exemplifies the feminine strength of the yogini—blissful, compassionate, and all-knowing....

Sculpture

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14309
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Peter Burleigh [diplomat in Nepal], Washington, D.C.; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, November 1985; given to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
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en
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6
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