15th C Chinese Tibetan Ming Dynasty Yongle Reign Period gilt bronze Buddha figure of Vajrapani Chitta Mandala, the Mandala of the Mind, Vajra-scepter Holder, from the Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra. In vajra posture with the . the right hand holds a vajra to the heart and the left hand with a bell supported at the hip, seated in sattva posture. As described in an important Kriya classification Tantric mandala Vajrapani is placed with Manjushri and Lokeshvara as the triad of the Lords of the Three Families. Adorned with a crown, earrings, necklaces, bracelets. With the legs in vajra posture, two legs folded together, he sits atop a double lotus throne. Extensive trace of gilt and grayish-blue pigment on the hair. The underside with incised quatrefoil flori-form petal visvavajra mark surrounding the centralized DaiJi.