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This bronze sculpture is from Nganjuk, on the Indonesian island of Java, and dates to the Eastern Javanese period, from the last quarter of the tenth through the first half of the eleventh century. It is part of a large group that forms a Vajradhatu mandala.
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Title: Seated Deity Holding a Double Vajra
Period: Eastern Javanese period
Date: last quarter of the 10th–first half of the 11th century
Culture: Indonesia (Java, Ngandjuk)
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987
Object Number: 1987.142.6
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