Vajrahumkara

Unknown (Chinese)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

41.0 cm  (16 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

partly gilded copper alloy with traces of pigment

Place of creation:

Zhongguo [China] (中国 )

Description

The statue represents Trailokyavijaya, Conqueror of the Three Worlds, the terrifying personification of the adamantine syllable Hûm. In a standing position and leaning to the right, with a fierce face, flaming hair and snakes coiled around his neck, waist, wrists and ankles, he stomps on a Hindu deity and holds in his hands the vajra and the gantha.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Ghanta [2403]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Tibetan art collection at the Museo d'Arte Orientale, Turin", Music in Art 34/1-2 (2009) 337-345.

RIdIM record id

3149