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Private collection, Europe
Private collection, Europe
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A QIANLONG PERIOD GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF HAYAGRĪVA
Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period (AD 1736 - 1795) |
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H: 25 cm |
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Estimate
850,000 - 1,200,000 28,200 - 39,800 219,000 - 308,000
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Sold Price 1,020,000
33,887
264,249
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Catalogue Note
A Qianlong Period Gilt Bronze Figure of Hayagrīva
Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period
In Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism, Hayagrīva is an important deity who originated as a yaksha attendant of Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin Bodhisattva. Appearing in the Vedas as two separate deities, he was assimilated into the ritual worship of early Buddhism and eventually was identified as a Wisdom King in Vajrayana Buddhism. In Tibet, Hayagriva was promoted especially by Buddhist teacher Atiśa and appeared as a worldly dharmapala . His special ability is to cure diseases, especially skin diseases even as serious as leprosy, which is said to be caused by nāgas.
Hayagriva is considered as a Avalokiteśvara with wrathful form, one of the six Avalokiteśvaras intended to save the sentient beings of the six realms: deities (deva), demons (asura), human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, beings of hell. Hayagriva's sphere is realm of animals (or beings whose state of mind are animal-like). In Folk religion in Japan, Hyagriva was also worshipped as the guardian deity for horses because of its name Horse-head (Batō). The horse was symbolized as a vehicle, not as one of Hayagriva's heads.
This figure of Hayagrīva is portrayed in standing on a single lotus throne, resting on the right foot in pratyalidha , crushing intertwined serpents, a loincloth in tiger skin, a cape in elephant skin and ornaments dharmapala , a horse head emerging from his shaggy hair. The wrathful protector is depicted with three heads, six arms and eight legs, standing in alidhasana, holding a khadga in the primary right hand and a pasha in the primary left hand, holding a khatvanga in the secondary right hand and a tomara in the secondary left hand, holding a vajra in the tertiary right hand and the tertiary left hand in tarjani mudra, with three identifying horse heads emerging from the crown of the head. As a Qianlong period work, the whole figure is gilt in shinning golden with fine craftsmanship, exquisite design, and inlaid with precious stones, making it highly worth collecting.
Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period
In Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism, Hayagrīva is an important deity who originated as a yaksha attendant of Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin Bodhisattva. Appearing in the Vedas as two separate deities, he was assimilated into the ritual worship of early Buddhism and eventually was identified as a Wisdom King in Vajrayana Buddhism. In Tibet, Hayagriva was promoted especially by Buddhist teacher Atiśa and appeared as a worldly dharmapala . His special ability is to cure diseases, especially skin diseases even as serious as leprosy, which is said to be caused by nāgas.
Hayagriva is considered as a Avalokiteśvara with wrathful form, one of the six Avalokiteśvaras intended to save the sentient beings of the six realms: deities (deva), demons (asura), human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, beings of hell. Hayagriva's sphere is realm of animals (or beings whose state of mind are animal-like). In Folk religion in Japan, Hyagriva was also worshipped as the guardian deity for horses because of its name Horse-head (Batō). The horse was symbolized as a vehicle, not as one of Hayagriva's heads.
This figure of Hayagrīva is portrayed in standing on a single lotus throne, resting on the right foot in pratyalidha , crushing intertwined serpents, a loincloth in tiger skin, a cape in elephant skin and ornaments dharmapala , a horse head emerging from his shaggy hair. The wrathful protector is depicted with three heads, six arms and eight legs, standing in alidhasana, holding a khadga in the primary right hand and a pasha in the primary left hand, holding a khatvanga in the secondary right hand and a tomara in the secondary left hand, holding a vajra in the tertiary right hand and the tertiary left hand in tarjani mudra, with three identifying horse heads emerging from the crown of the head. As a Qianlong period work, the whole figure is gilt in shinning golden with fine craftsmanship, exquisite design, and inlaid with precious stones, making it highly worth collecting.