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Figure 17A: Vajrasattva
Copper with silver eyes and inlaid turquoise
Bodhi Raj Sakya, 1973
Bodhi Raj’s Vajrasattva, cast in 1973, at author Ian Alsop’s house in Santa Fe, photo by James Hart. (The half vajra at the top of the crown was broken during the process of engraving.)
For images of the sculpting in wax and casting copper of this sculpture see Figs. 4 and 13.
Details: see thumbnails below (click on thumbnail for full image)
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 Raja Sakya and the engraver Sidhi Raja Sakya.
