Buddhist Art Gallery: Northern Himalayan Section: photo 133
Photo 133 of 198 in Gallery: Buddhist Art Gallery: Northern Himalayan Section
Image title: Mahisha Samvara (silver/bronze sculpture)
Description of the photo
This Silver and Bronze shows an image of Mahisha Samvara, from the 18th/19th century.—Specifications: 21cm x 15cm x 6cm.
Transcription: महिषसम्वर, mahiṣasamvara [mahishasamvara/mahisasamvara] {=महिषसंवर, mahiṣasaṃvara ?}.
Gallery information:
The Northern Himalayan region in Nepal offers a wide variety of Buddhist objects such as paintings, scriptures, sculptures, ritualistic objects, etc. Buddhism once entered Tibet from Nepal and has blended in its own way there, resulting in Tibetan Buddhism which is divided into many schools. The items found here are exhibited in the National Museum of Nepal (Rashtriya Museum).
Photo details:
Date: 2019-12-04
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/20
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Focal length: 35mm
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Size: 4.46 MB
Resolution: 1837 x 2824
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0