Title: “CHANDRAHASA”
(Meaning, “the sword of a Buddhist deity, Manjushri”
and pronounced, “chaandra-hah-sah”)
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Size: 30” W x 40” H
(unframed) Sold
Story:
Centuries ago, in Nepal there was a Buddhist deity named Manjushri who was associated with his famous sword named Chandrahasa. In Nepal, he was said to have created the Kathmandu Valley by cutting through the surrounding ring of mountains while riding his mythical snow lion. This great deity was also credited with bringing all knowledge and culture to Nepal. Here, he is immortalized, resting on a violet horizon under the fiery burnished hues of the Sun, continuing to spread his wisdom and good works.
Materials:
A mid-1800’s Chinese wood carving depicting Manjushri on a snow lion with sword, accented with contemporary Chinese hand-made tassel, resting on an early 1800’s Tibetan Sanskrit wooden prayer book cover, adorned in gold leaf and cinnabar (that survived a monastery fire), on painted bamboo paper, veiled in contemporary organza, with peek-a-boo reveals to 17th – 18th century raised gold and mineral pigment dyed Tibetan thangka cloth, then adorned with thirty-two 11th – 17th century rare Chinese cash coins, affixed with melted religious wax collected from holy temples and monasteries, bordered with early 1800’s Burmese Kammavacca Buddhist prayer book, with wood insets wrapped in early 1800’s Mongolian Buddhist black manuscript book written in gold, accented at each corner with an antiqued metal leaf, all surrounded with Yixing plaster, sculpted and formed using 17th – 18th century Asian fabric stamps and chops, gold-leafed and black acid washed, all on wooden museum panel.
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