Art Nepal Connected - Shanti L.S. Bajracharya

Butön Rinchen Drup   Butön Rinchen Drup, Brass, ca. 16th/17th C.E. Tibet, Currently at Patan Museum             A hat of the portrait of Butön Rinchen Drup over the head is sharply pointed upward and covers a pair of ear hovering on each shoulder. The hat is engraved with numerous microscopic dash lines texture and bordered by round solid string over the forehead. Also there seems circle shaped emboss gold on its forehead that represents Urna . The oval shaped face of Butön Rinchen Drup seems not much of realistic. Its face has full-opened eyes wherein cornea seems missing on right eyeball inlaid with silver. The combination of its eyebrows and eyes express the feature of semi-aggressive (Ardhakrodha) character of Butön Rinchen Drup. Perhaps it is because of inlaid emboss silver cornea on its eyes, upward lines drawn in its eyebrows and the hard line drawn...

amoghsiddhi Buddha Amoghsiddhi Buddha (?), Copper Alloy, ca. 17th/18th C.E. Tibet, Currently at Patan Museum           The sculpture of Amoghsiddhi Buddha (?) is displayed at Gallery E of Patan Museum. It is made of copper alloy painted with cold gold and stone pigments. The sculpture is also inset by gemstone Turquoise. The dimension of the sculpture is about 31.5 cm high. It is dated ca.17 th /18 th C.E. and believed to be from Tibet. Corresponding to the Buddhist Iconography, Amoghsiddhi Buddha is also one of the embodiments of Pancha Buddha and considered as the fifth Tathagata of them in order. It is always facing north cardinal position in gesture of reassurance (Abhaya Mudra) . The symbol of Amoghsiddhi Buddha is a Crossed-Thurderbolt (Vishwavajra) and the convenyance is a pair of Garudas . It is always represented with green character in painting. Sometimes it is also portray with seven headed serpent Muchalinda , one of the Nagrajas, gua...