清 铜鎏金大威德金刚像
大威德金刚亦称大威德明王，是格鲁派主修的重要的护法神。名称和形象有多种，藏语称为“雅曼达嘎”“雅 曼”是“阎魔”的对音，意思是降阎魔尊，他的形象为九头，中间一头为牛头，牛角粗大，每头又都叁只眼，头戴五骷髅冠，叁十四只手，十六条腿，蓝色的身体，拥抱著明妃罗浪杂娃。顶严最上一头是如来形的，象征著他是阿弥陀佛化身而来。金刚的十六脚分两组，一边各踏著水牛、黄牛、鹿、蛇、狗、绵 羊、狐狸，象征著八位天王，而另一组脚下则踏著鹫、枭、鹦鹉、 鹰、鹤、鸡、雁等，象征著镇压修法中的邪魔和愚昧。叁十四只手中各拿的铃、杵、刀、剑、弓、箭、瓶、索 子、钩、戟、伞、盖、骷髅等兵器，寓意智慧、勇猛、精进、坚固等。他为了教令法界，而变化成的威武愤怒的 模样，即以威猛力降伏恶魔（阻碍修法的外敌和困难等），就是“ 威”；以智慧力摧破烦恼业障，使众生从无明中解脱出来谓之“德”。即威德金刚。此像的造型规整，细部精美绝伦，各种饰物完整，工艺精美复杂，而令人难以忘怀。Qing, A Large Gilt Bronze Figure of Vajrabhairava Yamantaka with Consort
Standing in alidhasana with his consort atop various prostrate figures and animals over a lotus base, he with his three-tiered crown and 34 arms radiating about him and each holding a different implement, his moveable primary arms grasping his consort and holding the curved knife and skull cup, clad in a pendant belt of bones and garlands of severed heads and snakes, his wrathful faces surmounted by his hair rising into a flaming chignon and secured by crowns of skulls, she also holding a curved knife and skull cup and wearing in a pendant belt of bones, further adorned with jewelry and garlands with skulls, her flowing hair pulled into a topknot and secured with a tiara of skulls. Vajrabhairava Yamantaka is one of the eight protectors of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the terrifying form of Manjushri, the God of Wisdom, whose head is visible in the flaming headdress. He takes the wrathful form in order to conquer Yama, the God of Death, thus symbolizing the victory of Wisdom or Knowledge over Death or Ignorance, which are considered one and the same in Tibetan Buddhism. In his present aspect of Vajrabhairava, he is also associated with the Hindu god Bhairava, a form of Shiva who destroys the universe at the end of each Hindu eon. By incorporating both aspects, Vajrabhairava became one the most powerful divinities of Tibetan Buddhism. This present lot is a superb example of the bronze casting technique, as the figures and implements have been formed separately and in various moveable parts. Tibet, Qing Dynasty
Height: 9⅞ in (25.1 cm)
Weight: 4091 g