Tibetan Buddhist statue of Dakini

Made:
1601-1800 in Tibet
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Gilt bronze statue of Dakini, Tibet, China, 1601-1800. Vajrayana Buddhist spirit, dancing on a symbolic mountain top, adorned with ribbons and jewellery, holding a Kartika in the right hand and kapala in the left.

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A8715
Materials:
brass
type:
statue
credit:
Glendining

Parts

Tibetan Buddhist statue of Dakini

Tibetan Buddhist statue of Dakini

Gilt bronze statue of Dakini, Tibet, China, 1601-1800. Vajrayana Buddhist spirit, dancing on a symbolic mountain top, adorned with ribbons and jewellery, holding a kapala in the left hand.

Measurements:
overall: 399 mm x 225 mm x 115 mm,
Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy) and gold plated (gilded)
Object Number:
A8715/1
type:
statue
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Kartika knife, part of a statue of Vajrayana Buddhist Dakini spirit, Tibet, China, 1601-1800

Object Number:
A8715/2
type:
knife
Crescent blade of Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Crescent blade of Kartika knife from Dakini statue

Crescent blade of Kartika knife, held by statue of Vajrayana Buddhist Dakini spirit, Tibet, China, 1601-1800

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy) and gold plated (gilded)
Object Number:
A8715/2/1
type:
statue
Part of:
A8715/2

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