A NEPALESE CAST GILT-COPPER SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA AMOGHASIDDHI

LICCHAVI REVIVAL C.17TH CENTURY

An impressive and elegant sculpture depicting Amoghasiddhi, he sits in dhyanasana on a round lotus throne of large fleshy lotus petals with stamens arranged above them, with his left hand in dhyana (meditation) mudra and his right hand in abhaya (protection) mudra, 17.6cm, 1.6kg.

Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Cosmic Buddhas, also known as the Five Tathagatas or the Five Dhyani Buddhas. He is the head of the Karma (action) family of deities. Amoghasiddhi is associated with the northern quarter of the mandala and his consort is Green Tara.

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London.

Cf. Spink and Son Ltd, Visions of Perfect Worlds: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas, 1999, p.11.