Furger (2017), The Gilded Buddha

Alex R. Furger. 2017. The gilded Buddha: The traditional art of the Newar metal casters in Nepal, with a contribution by Ratna Jyoti Shakya. Basel/Frankfurt a. M.: LIBRUM Publishers & Editors. ISBN: 978-3-906897-06-6. DOI:10.19218/3906897066. [official] [PDF 🔓]

Note: This extraordinary book covers almost every conceivable aspect of metalworked image production in the Newar Buddhist community.

Furger 2017:147 Figs. 258 [Bhairava at the entrance to the BhairavnathTemple in Bhaktapur], 259 [Man Jyoti Shakya (1917–1991) in 1973], 260 [Two pages from a sketchbook (ṭhyāsaphu) for metal craftsmen.]

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