Depicted standing with firmly planted feet, his left hand raised in a gesture of reassurance, the right bearing a stylized Vajra, clad in elaborate Chinese armor and helmet, and flowing scarves, gilt overall with traces of pigment to the lips and helmet; later weighted giltwood and gilt metal stand (formerly fitted as a lamp).
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Weituo is the protector of the Dharma or Buddhist teachings. Often depicted in one of two poses: standing, with hands held together in anjalimudra, often with a sword laid horizontally behind the hands and resting on the forearms in a posture of devotion; or as here, standing with a stylized vajra (thunderbolt weapon) held upright in the right hand, and the other hand raised elegantly in front of his armored chest. Both versions are often portrayed in the elaborate armor of a Chinese general, with flowing scarves and windswept draperies.

Weituo may also be understood as a Sinicized version of Skanda, tasked by the Buddha to play a protective role, or as a manifestation of Vajrapani, an early protective attendant of the Buddha, a symbol of Buddha’s power.

Compare the present figure to the 12 3/4 in. seated gilt brass figure of Weituo, dated to the 17th century, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, #2002.254. See also the larger (31 in.) figure of Weituo, dated to the 16th/17th century, standing with hands in anjali mudra from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, sold at Bonham's, New York, December 14, 2023, lot 12. For a figure of Weituo, larger than the present example at 17 5/8 in, in a similar standing pose but lacking his vajra, see Sotheby's, New York, March 17, 2021, lot 253. Compare also the 15 1/2 in. figure with the vajra extant, offered at Sotheby's New York, March 19, 2024, lot 199. See also the 16 1/4 in. figure sold at Bonham's, London, May 13-14, 2024, lot 554, lacking his vajra.