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A New Bronze Age for Nepal
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Fig. 9: Vajrasattva
Copper with silver eyes and inlaid turquoise
Bodhi Raj Sakya, 1973.
Bodhi Raj’s Vajrasattva, cast in 1973, photo by James Hart. (The half vajra at the top of the crown was broken during the process of engraving.)
Details: see thumbnails below (click on thumbnail for full image)
Detail
Detail 1: the rear of the sculpture with an inscription in Ranjana characters giving the date Nepal Samvat 1093, the second of the dark half of the month of Caula, (corresponding to 19 April, 1973), and the name of the sculptor, Bodhi Raj Shakya and the engraver Siddhi Raj Shakya.
