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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 371713, member: 2844"]It is beautiful, Komo. Very good quality.</p><p>It is unlikely it ever saw a ritual dance though. It has been artificially aged. I don't know when they started doing that in Nepal, in Indonesia they started to artificially age wayang puppets in the 50s.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is Yamantaka, as Aaron said. He doesn't just have horns and flaring nostrils, which could make him a buffalo, deer or something similar, but he also has a beard and those flames on either side of his face. The flames are connected to the fire of hell.</p><p>Yamantaka is an extremely powerful deity, the wrathful aspect of the Bodhisattva Manjusri. The face is a buffalo face, a very strong animal. He guides a Buddhist to wisdom and helps reach enlightenment and conquer the cycle of Samasara (death-rebirth), thereby conquering death.</p><p>Another name of Yamantaka is Yama Dharmaraja, king of dharma, the Buddhist teachings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seal just means it was allowed to leave the country because it is not considered important to Nepal's cultural heritage.</p><p>I did tick '2 Sherpas in a shed' option though, it made me smile, so worthy of a vote.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tibetan-museum-society.org/tibetan-art-museum-images/gallery/zanabazar2/019.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 371713, member: 2844"]It is beautiful, Komo. Very good quality. It is unlikely it ever saw a ritual dance though. It has been artificially aged. I don't know when they started doing that in Nepal, in Indonesia they started to artificially age wayang puppets in the 50s. It is Yamantaka, as Aaron said. He doesn't just have horns and flaring nostrils, which could make him a buffalo, deer or something similar, but he also has a beard and those flames on either side of his face. The flames are connected to the fire of hell. Yamantaka is an extremely powerful deity, the wrathful aspect of the Bodhisattva Manjusri. The face is a buffalo face, a very strong animal. He guides a Buddhist to wisdom and helps reach enlightenment and conquer the cycle of Samasara (death-rebirth), thereby conquering death. Another name of Yamantaka is Yama Dharmaraja, king of dharma, the Buddhist teachings. The seal just means it was allowed to leave the country because it is not considered important to Nepal's cultural heritage. I did tick '2 Sherpas in a shed' option though, it made me smile, so worthy of a vote.:D:hilarious: [IMG]http://www.tibetan-museum-society.org/tibetan-art-museum-images/gallery/zanabazar2/019.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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