TIBET/NEPAL - Ushnishavijaya the victorious, three-headed,... Lot 42

TIBET/NEPAL - Ushnishavijaya the victorious, three-headed, ten-eyed and eight-armed [Tibetan: གཙུག་གཏོར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་མ།, - gtsug tor rnam rgyal ma] her name: [T ib. : gTam. : g Tam. par ugr trornal]s is an emanation of Buddha Vairochana. In her upper right hand, she holds a small Buddha. In front of her chest, the goddess holds a double vajra [dorjee] and an arrow [sara]. Her lower right hand shows the wish-granting gesture [varada mudra]. Three of his four left hands hold the water vase [kalasa], the noose [pasa] and a bow [capa]. The fourth left hand shows the gesture of protection [abhaya mudra]. The sculpture is in gilded bronze, 20th century. H. 22.5 x 20.5 cm Total weight: 2109 g Note: Ushnishavijaya, mother of all Buddhas, is one of the three long-lived deities of the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, along with Amitayus and White Tara. She is venerated as the auspicious patroness of long life. She is considered the guardian of Buddha's wisdom. According to her name, she is said to have her seat in the cranial outgrowth [ushnisha] of the Buddha. This is why she is commonly called "the mother of all Buddhas". The left [blue] of her three faces is full of anger.