Chenrezig Yab Yum Statue – Buddhist Figure with Filigree

Chenrezig, also known as Khadchheri, is shown here with his consort in yab yum. Chenrezig, Tibetan for Avalokiteshvara, embodies compassion.

Chenrezig is seated on a lotus pedestal in padma asana. His consort sits facing him in close embrace on his lap. He is depicted with four arms: the upper right hand holds a mala, the upper left a fully opened lotus; the central hands are joined at chest level behind her back, holding the cintamani, the wish-fulfilling jewel. His consort holds a skull cup, kapala, in her left hand and a kartika in her right. Both figures wear the crown and the full ornaments of a bodhisattva. A miniature figure of Amitabha Buddha is placed in Chenrezig’s hair, while the consort is shown with a third eye on the forehead. She is depicted wearing only her ornaments, which are set with small turquoise stones.

His robe and the pedestal are decorated with filigree. Thin wires are shaped into spiral elements and filled with small arched units, joined into an ornamental pattern. Turquoise, coral, and lapis lazuli stones accentuate the filigree. The figure is worked all around and suitable for freestanding presentation.

The sculpture follows iconographic conventions of Vajrayana art in the Kathmandu Valley, in which posture, gesture, and ornament are brought together in a balanced composition.

Chenrezig 

Statue made of copper, traditional lost-wax cast, decorated with fine filigree, gold- and silver-plated, set with turquoise, coral, and lapis lazuli stones. The statue is patinated. The faces are set in gold. Handcrafted in Nepal.

• Height: 6.5" /  16 cm
• Width: 4.5" / 12 cm
• Depth: 3.5" / 9 cm
• Weight: 1,130 g

NOTE
The facial painting is a cold gold application and water-soluble.