Item: Indian Adept (siddha) - Virupa

Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་གྲུབ་ཆེན། Chinese: 印度大成就者

(item no. 86301)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1500 - 1599
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Bronze, Silver Inlay
Collection	Alan Robert Naftalis

Classification: Person

Appearance: Mahasiddha

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:P3293

Interpretation / Description

Virupa. Tibet, 16th century, bronze with silver inset eyes, hollow cast in one piece, decorated with chasted ornaments. approx 5"/13cm. Compare with Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes 131 H; Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Tibet (collection of the the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) item S34, page 223.

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