Buddhist Deity Vajrasattva with Bell (Ghanta) and Thunderbolt (Vajra)

Arts of Asia

18th century

Tibet

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Buddhist Deity Vajrasattva with Bell (Ghanta) and Thunderbolt (Vajra)
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.: 1701–1800
Medium: Brass with coral and turquoise
Dimensions: 52 × 39.1 × 32.1 cm (20 1/2 × 15 3/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine
Reference Number: 1958.169
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Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, 1958.

Loaned to the Art Institute by Mrs. Joseph Valentine, Chicago, Ill., January 7, 1957; Gifted to the Art Institute by Mrs. Joseph Valentine, Chicago, Ill., April 23, 1958.

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