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Dipamkara Buddha
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Dipamkara Buddha
NEPAL; 17th century; Gilt copper repouss
Dipamkara Buddha was from the earliest times the most well known Buddha credited with foreseeing Sakyamuni's future status. He had a following in Nepal.
The figure wears a bejeweled five-leaf crown with fluttering ribbons on both side, and large earrings of the same pattern. The head is proportionately larger than the body, whose only decoration is a collar necklace and a wide stole that is heavily floriated and worn over the left shoulder. A pleated skirt with bands of floral designs covers the lower body. The right hand is in the abhaya (fearlessness) mudra while the left is held out in a reversed karana (warding off evil) mudra. |
