Padmasambhava, Medicine Buddha, Nepal.
- Padmasambhava is widely venerated in all Tibetan Buddhist orders, hence his other name: Guru Rinpoche (“Precious Master”), credited with introducing Buddhism to Tibet,
- His iconographic attributes are in evidence: the abundance vase in his left hand and a medicinal plant in his right, which identify him as one of the eight Medicine Buddhas, themselves depicted on the front of the base.
- Red copper with brown patina, Nepal, circa 1900. Inscriptions on the back of the base.
- See a similar image here: https://amis-musee-cernuschi.org/medecines-dasie-lart-de-lequilibre-3/
- Another at the National Museum Institute, Uttar Pradesh, India. https://www.indiabytheroad.com/2019/05/ (image 49/87)
- H 16 cm x W 12 cm x D 8 cm
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