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Vajravarahi
This fierce goddess plays an important role in Tantric Buddhism. Her demonic characteristics are effectively expressed by her attributes: a staff topped by skulls, a curved knife and a skull bowl.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/12HH13
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/12HH13
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1100 - 1200
- 1100/1200
- 1100/1200
Place-Time
- 12th century
Places
- Noordoost-India
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.66162
- Tibet
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.650
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.2258
- AK-MAK-1423
Extent
- height 9.0 cm
- width 6.0 cm
- depth 2.3 cm
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: Zuid-Azië (collectie)
- collectie: Centraal-Azië (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:01:28.124Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:29.095Z