Page 40 - Sothebys Buddhist Metalwork From The Collection of Tuyet Nguyet And Stephen Markbreiter May 26 2021
P. 40
114 115
AN INSCRIBED COPPER-INLAID COPPER 十六世紀 A RARE COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF RATO 十八世紀 尼泊爾銅紅觀音立像
ALLOY FIGURE OF VIRUPA 西藏銅錯紅銅毘魯巴坐像 MACHHENDRANATH
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
16.1 cm 銘藏文：「大成就者毘魯巴」 37 cm
The inscription reads ‘Mahasiddha Birwapa’, the Tibetan Rato Macchendranath, also known as Karunamaya,
name for Virupa.
HK$ 60,000-80,000 HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 7,800-10,300 US$ 3,900-6,500
Bunga Dyah or Matsyendranatha, is a local and popular
Kathmandu Valley deity with complex iconography. His
annual procession traditionally sees the royalty joining the
throng. For a full discussion of the deity, his festivals and
iconographic background; see Mary Shepherd Slusser,
Mark Nepal Mandala: a Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley,
Princeton, 1982, pp. 367-79.
