The Zhiguan Museum Vajrapani (?) and The Life and Work of The Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje
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Figure 1: Unidentified Deity (Vajrapani?), Chöying Dorjé (1604-1674)
Tibet; 17 thcentury
Cast copper with traces of gilding and pigments
Height: 5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm)
Collection Zhiguan Museum
Inscription: rje btsun chos dbyings rdo rje'i phyag bzo.
"A work made by the venerable Choying Dorje."
(ex Collection Heidi and Ulrich von Schroeder. Literature: Sotheby's Indian and Southeast Asian Art, New York, June 17, 1993, lot 4 and U. von Schroeder 2001, p. 755, pl. 175A-D; Alsop 2012, Fig. 8.2)
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