A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE 'SAMANTABHADRA AND SAMANTABHADRI' GROUP TIBET, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY

cast with Samantabhadra seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus base with a beaded upper edge, further depicted embracing the consort Samantabhadri with the arms placed in dhyanasana, Samantabhardi portrayed with arms outstretched over Samantabhadra's shoulders and holding a vajra in the right hand

As visible in the photo, there is rubbing to the gilding. There is a faint crack at the reverse extending up to below the leg. Other minor bruising and dents.
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In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Samantabhadra Buddha arises from the early Nyingma Tantric literature of the Guhyagarbha Tantra. He is typically depicted naked, with a Buddha Appearance, hands in meditation gesture, legs in vajra posture, embracing the consort Samantabhadri, their union representing the blissful essence of the Truth Body of all Buddhas. For a thangka depicting Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, see Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A. F. Thurman, The Sacred Art of Tibet, London, 1991, pl. 430, no. 51A.