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Saraha

CHINA; Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century; Gilt copper alloy; H: 21.5 cm; National Museum of China, Beijing
Saraha was one of the Mahasiddhas of the Indian Vajrayana Buddhism during the early 9th century. This statue depicts him with crescent eyebrows, a long beard and a smiling mouth. The figure has a high topknot with the skull ornament of the Vajrayana practitioner. Naked but for a stole and belted loincloth, Saraha is richly adorned with jeweled ornaments and sits with legs crossed upon a square pedestal covered with a deer hide. The figure's hands are raised in an approximation of the vitarka (teaching) mudra.

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