Vairocana Adibuddha
- Name
- Unknown (Artist)
- Title
- Vairocana Adibuddha
- Accession Number
- C00.1603.020
- Format
- objects; sculpture (visual works); metalwork (visual works)
- Culture
- Tibetan (culture or style)
- Genre
- Figures (representations); Religious art
- Origin Information
- Tibet
- Date
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- 1 statuette ; figure: H. 15 x W. 10 1/2 x D. 7 3/8 in. (38.1 x 26.6 x 19 cm)
- Note (Medium/support)
- Bronze with traces of gilding and blue paint
- Note (Ownership)
- Gift of J. G. Phelps Stokes
- Note
- This Bodhisattva is considered to be the symbol of the primoridal energy from which all life has come, with four faces looking out into all space and time, and a wheel of endless cycles resting upon the hands positioned in the dhyana mudra. The figure wears a jewel-encrusted crown, necklaces, and bracelets.
- Library Location
- Art Properties, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13753040
- Also In
- Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kdka-hb47