Manjuvajra

Artwork Details

Title: Manjuvajra

Dimensions: 36 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.

Medium: Phyllite

Origin: India

Classification(s): sculpture

Date: 11th century

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Object number: C2005.7.1

HAR Number: 65391

Published references

Caron Smith, "Building the Rubin Museum of Art Collection,” Orientations 37, no.2 (March 2006): 111.
Jane Casey, Naman Parmeshwar Ahuja, and David Weldon, Divine Presence: Arts of India and the Himalayas (Casa Asia, 2003), 98-99.
David Nalin, "Analysis of a Pala-Sena Metal Durga,” Orientations 54, no. 4 (July/August 2020): 16-27. fig. 6. https://issuu.com/orientationsmagazine/docs/omag_july_august_2020.

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