Sakyamuni Buddha, by Kuber Singh Shakya,
assisted and completed by his sons Kesh Raj and Rudra Raj.

Karmaraj monastery, Svayambhu, Nepal,
H: 3.66 m.,
gilt-copper repoussé, ca. 1955-57.
Rudra Raj, left, and his son Raj Kumar stand below.

Photograph by James A. Giambrone.

all text & images © Mary Shepherd Slusser and James A. Giambrone