Description
An extremely rare bronze of a tantric Buddhist deity depicts the trampling of the personifications of the afflictions that keep beings cycling around the world of samsara, moving from one unhappy birth, death, and rebirth to another. This male figure, a prominent form of a tantric Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism, is four-armed and probably once held a vajra and bell in his crossed hands.
Provenance
Douglas Latchford [1931-2020], London, UK; J. P. Yonan, London, UK; (Spink & Sons, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985-)
Accession Number
1985.92.1
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund