Image Casting in Oku Bahal
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Figure 12: Bodi Raj removing mold from oven.
Details: see thumbnails below (click on thumbnail for full image)
Detail 1: a later photo of Bodhi Raj at his mold oven. The caption on the side of the oven has a four line raised inscription detailing the date of the oven’s refurbishment:
2031 Jyestha
28 gate
Sombar
subha
That is, Jestha 28, 2031 = 10 June, 1974, Sunday (lunar calendar Panchami, Asadh Krishnapaksha: Newar calendar Tachalaga, 1094 N.S.)
Detail 2:After taking the mold of the Vajrasattva out of the oven, Bodhi Raj uses a small straw mat to carry it to a pile of bricks forming a support for the mold, where the casting will take place. The hole of the one of the three stems of the tripod through which the copper will flow to the sculpture is clearly visible.
