Vajrabhairava and consort
| Artist | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Culture | Tibetan |
| Title | Vajrabhairava and consort |
| Date | 17th century |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | Base: 2 x 8 x 5 in. (5.1 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm) Overall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hope, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 62.46 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Multi-limbed figure with the head of a bull wearing an elaborate headdress and tightly embracing his female consort.
In Tantric Buddhism the Union of male and female is the perfection of wisdom and compassion: the two made one. It is through wisdom or real selflessness that openness to the other transcendent world occurs and it is through compassion that one recognize the less real, but experiential world of suffering endured by other beings.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Vajrabhairava and consort | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=62.46