18th/19th century. Well cast out of blackened bronze, the fierce bodhisattva representing the power of all the Buddhas, Vajrapani--the remover of obstacles and negativity, stands leaning to the right on a lotus throne. His outstretched right hand holds a vajra, while his left hand holds lotus stems. He wears a tiger-skin loin cloth, a flowing sash, ornate jewelry and a five pointed crown with skulls and draping beads, holding back his wild flame-like hair which frames his ferocious face centered with a third vertical eye in the middle of his forehead above flame-like eyebrows; his mouth open to reveal pronounced incisors. With two loops for attachment at the back of the lotus base. Approx. 13 by 9 1/2 in., 33 by 24.1 cm.

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