Vajradhara Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)

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Arts of Asia

15th century

Tibet

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Vajradhara Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)
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.: 1401–1500
Medium: Bronze with traces of pigment
Dimensions: 21.2 × 15.7 × 10.2 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/8 × 4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Newton S. Noble
Reference Number: 1965.1114
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Archives of Asian Art, (University of Hawai’i Press, 1966/1967), vol. 20, p. 108.

Gifted to the Art Institute by the Estate of Mrs. Joseph Valentine, Chicago Ill., Barrington, Ill., December 14, 1965.

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