A Large Partially Gilt Copper Repoussé Figure of Dipankara

NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY

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A Large Partially Gilt Copper Repoussé Figure of Dipankara
Nepal, 17th Century
Standing on a lotus base wearing a long flared robe, his face with crisply delineated features with downcast eyes beneath arched brows, surmounted by a separately modeled crown inset with hardstones, backed by a double-arched mandorla with iron armature, the figure and base applied over a wood core, partially gilt and applied with polychrome lacquer
31½ in. (79.9 cm.) high

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Compare with a related figure of Dipankara in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, see J. Menzies (ed.), Buddha. Radiant Awakening, 2001, cat. no. 105, p. 145; and another dated 1612, in U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, cat. no. 103B, p. 383.

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