Vajrasattva, 8th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir), Brass with silver inlay, H. 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm); W. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Sculpture, The Esoteric Buddhist deity Vajrasattva holds a stylized thunderbolt and a bell and sits in royal ease on a stylized mountain, with his pendant foot supported by a lotus bloom. Two snake deities, a naga and nagini, emerge from the mountain’s waters and raise their hands in veneration of Vajrasattva’s transcendent wisdom
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Vajrasattva, 8th century, India, Jammu, Kashmir, ancient kingdom, Brass, silver inlay, H, 6 5/8, 16.9 cm, W, 3 7/8, 9.8, D, 2 3/4, 7, Sculpture, Esoteric, Buddhist, deity, holds, stylized thunderbolt, bell, sits, royal ease mountain, pendant foot, supported, lotus bloom, Two snake, deities, naga, nagini, emerge, mountain, waters, raise, hands, veneration, transcendent, wisdom
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