Personified Ritual Dagger (Vajrakila) in Ritual Embrace (Yab-yum)

Arts of Asia

16th century

Tibet

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Personified Ritual Dagger (Vajrakila) in Ritual Embrace (Yab-yum)
Place: Tibet (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1501–1600
Medium: Copper repoussé over wood
Dimensions: 43.1 × 24.8 × 10.3 cm (17 × 9 3/4 × 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Thomas J. Pritzker
Reference Number: 1996.652
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Pal, Pratapaditya. “Himalayan Art: Selected New Acquisitions.” In Arts of Asia : Vol 29, No. 3 (May-June 1999), p. 85, fig. 16.

Sold to the Art Institute by Mr. Albert H. Lieberman, New York, April 29, 1996.

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