Details: A rare and very attractive 18th century wooden polychrome image of Amitayus from Tibet. Amitayus , the Buddha of infinite life, is represented here in his traditional iconography. He sits deep in contemplation, in the diamond posture, upon a lotus throne, with both hands flat in the contemplation gesture, holding a vase containing the “Elixir of Life” (water, saffron, and nectar pills) with a stylized “three of life” on top of it. ...click for details
Details: A good quality example of a 16th century gilt copper Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya form Tibet. He is seated with his hands in bhumishparsha mudra, wearing a simple close fitting robe and seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus pedestal supporting a vajra.
Akshobhya is one of the five transcendent cosmic Buddhas in the Tibetan Pantheon. As one of the five, he helps in overcoming the affliction of anger, one o ...click for details
Details: A cute and rare example of an 11th century bronze figure of the bodhisattva Maitreya from Western Tibetan. This early Western Tibetan piece displays classic Kashmiri stylistic elements, such as the nimbus and the dhoti worn with one short leg secured with a sash hanging down between his flexed legs. However, the two different types of earrings point to an Indian tradition along with the beaded jewelry and is a highly unusual feature in the Kashmiri context.
Both these elements of sty ...click for details
Details: A charming example of a gilt Tibetan image of Vairocana one of the five transcendent Dhyani Buddhas. He is seated in vajrasana on a high stepped teardrop double lotus base. His head is broad and his face serene with heavy lidded downcast eyes surmounted by a tall ushnisha rising from the centre of his head. His hands are clasped together in dharmachakra mudra (the teaching mudra) in front of his broad and upright shoulders, the left of which is covered by a free flowing diaphanous sangh ...click for details
Details: An attractive and unusual wooden image of Vajrapani from Tibet. This icon brandishes a vajra in an exorcising gesture in his right hand, and with his left hand makes the threatening gesture with his index finger pointed up. His taut posture is the active warrior pose (pratayalidha, based on an archer’s stance) to show a terrifying readiness to do battle with evil. He has flaming gold hair, two popping eyes and his beard and eyebrows have flame-like forms. His long necklace and tiger ski ...click for details
Details: A rare and very attractive 18th century wooden polychrome image of Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara from Tibet. Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara has one face, four arms, and two legs crossed in the contemplative posture. His two front hands holding the wish-granting gem at his heart, his rear hands holding a rosary and a lotus. It is said that the Dalai Lamas are manifestations of this form of Avalokiteshvara.
Details: A finely cast and well modeled example of a 17th century Himalayan Phurbu. The tripartite iron blade is emerging from the jaws of a ferocious makara with the grip shaped as a vajra flanked by a pair of endless knots rising to a three faced Hayagriva pommel surmounted by a half vajra finial.
Details: An elegant and sensuous 16th century example of a seated Green Tara from Nepal. The goddess of compassion is seated in lalitasana with her right foot gracefully resting on a lotus blossom emanating from her double tiered lotus throne. She is wearing a clinging diaphanous dhoti, revealing the ample proportions of her alluringly voluptuous body with its swelling planes and rounded curves which add to the image’s sense of movement and beauty. Tara’s hands are held delicately in varadha and ...click for details
Details: A broad and powerful example of a 16th century Dhyani Buddha Akshobya. The cosmic Buddha is seated in his customary depiction with his hands in bhumishparsha mudra, wearing a florally decorated close fitting robe across his broad, powerful and shapely frame, upright in vajraparyankasana on a fine double lotus pedestal supporting a vajra. As a cosmic rather than historical Buddha he is here depicted with the crown of a Bodhisattva. ...click for details
Details: A finely carved Tibetan example of a dancing Dakini bone apron element. She is featured in deep relief , bejewelled, dancing with four arms on top of a corpse, which represents her complete mastery over ego and ignorance.
The Dakini is a female being, generally of volatile temperament, who acts as a muse for spiritual practice. She is symbolic in representing the testing of one's awareness and adherence ...click for details
