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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE SHRINE OF AMOGHAPASANEPAL, DATED SAMVAT 674 (1554 CE)
Starting Bid USD 22,000
Estimate
USD 30,000 - USD 50,000
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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE SHRINE OF AMOGHAPASA
NEPAL, DATED SAMVAT 674 (1554 CE)
Starting Bid USD 22,000
Starting Bid USD 22,000
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Amoghapasa represents a tantric form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, and is regarded as the tutelary deity of the Kathmandu Valley. The name Amogapasa means 'unfailing lasso,' and refers to an unfailing compassion which lassos beings out of suffering and into a state of happiness and towards enlightenment. The work is inscribed:
May it be auspicious! The patron Saracham Nungu Simha Bharo manufactured the Glorious Sculpture of Amoghapasa Lokesvara in the place in the pure 8th day of Magh in the year samvat 674.
May it be auspicious! The patron Saracham Nungu Simha Bharo manufactured the Glorious Sculpture of Amoghapasa Lokesvara in the place in the pure 8th day of Magh in the year samvat 674.
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NEPAL, DATED SAMVAT 674 (1554 CE)
A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE SHRINE OF AMOGHAPASA
Estimate: USD 30,000 - 50,000
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