A CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISRAVANA.

Seated on a roaring lion, wearing a flowing dhoti and holding his attribute - a mongoose in his left hand, the right raised and presumably held a dhvaja banner, his forehead pierced with the third eye, a double flaming mandorla behind him, all raised on a lotus base, 17.5cm H, 1.1kg. (2)

銅多聞天王像

Vaisravana is also known as the God of Wealth and the Guardian of the North, one of the main protectors of the Gelugpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism since the 14th century.

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