The Zhiguan Museum Vajrapani (?) and The Life and Work of The Tenth Karmapa Choying Dorje
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Figure 2: Male deity seated on a cow
Chöying Dorjé (1604-1674),
Tibet, 17th century,
Copper with traces of gilding and pigments,
Height: 16 in. (40.5 cm)
Jokhang/Tsug Lag khang, Inv. no. 893.
Inscription: rje btsun chos dbyings rdo rje'i phyag bzo byin rlabs can.
"A spiritually charged [statue] made by the venerable Choying Dorje."
(previous Photograph by Ulrich von Schroeder, 1995. Literature: U. von Schroeder 2001, pp. 750-753, pl. 174A-E; U. von Schroeder 2001, p. 814; and U. von Schroeder 2008, pp. 108-109, pl. 30; and U. von Schroeder 2008, DVD, 108: 30; Alsop 2012, Fig. 8.1)