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Tibetan

Yamantaka with His Consort, 1800s

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Description

Maker

Culture

Tibetan

Title

Yamantaka with His Consort

Year

1800s

Medium

Gilded copper alloy with traces of pigment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

17.1 x 15 x 7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches)

Place

Tibet

Type

Credit

Bequest of John M. Crawford, Jr.

Object Number

1989.110.40

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries

Yamantaka, the buffalo-faced conqueror of death, is the ferocious manifestation of Manjusri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, whose head can be seen atop eight other heads that wrap around to the back of the sculpture. As Yamantaka’s numerous hands fight evil and his legs trample demons and disbelievers, he and his consort Vajravetali (the wrathful form of Sarasvati) create new life.

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