The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, gilded bronze, c. 16th century CE, presently at the British Museum.
Nrtyadevi, the Goddess of Dance, c. 16th century CE, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The sculpture of Nepal is best known for small religious figures and ritual objects in bronze or copper alloy, but also has other strengths. The Newar people of Nepal had a long-lasting specialism in casting small bronze figures, mostly religious and especially Buddhist, considerable numbers of which were exported to India and Tibet over many centuries.
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was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in...
Dega Taleju is hidden the terrifying face of Swet Bhairav. The giant sculpture was fashioned and installed in 1795, during the rule of Rana Bahadur Shah...
Pasupatinatha Temple of Deopatan (Nepal). Oxford University Press. von Schroeder, Ulrich. (2019). Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume One: Hindu; Volume Two:...
Museum of Nepal. It is considered that the Statue of Jayavarma is the oldest sandstone sculpture in Nepal. In 2004, the Government of Nepal, issued stamps...
in Nepal "ntb.gov.np". https://www.insidehimalayas.com/the-changu-narayan-temple-legends... von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume...
inscriptions, coins (Nepalese mohar), palm-leaf documents and Hindu and Buddhist manuscripts. Devanagari began to be used to write Nepal Bhasa in the beginning...
University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 45. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume One: Hindu; Volume Two: Buddhist. (Visual Dharma Publications)...
Vishnudharmottara Purana. She is often depicted in the Saptamatrika group in sculptures, examples of which are Ellora and Elephanta caves. Though she is always...
from the Malla dynasty of Nepal that depicts the deity Bhairava. It was originally found in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and is currently held as part...
Copper and brass sculptures Stone sculptures Wooden sculptures The Newars are the creators of most examples of art and architecture in Nepal. Traditional...
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still remain or were reconstructed. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume One: Hindu; Volume Two: Buddhist. (Visual Dharma Publications)...
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Ian. "A Kushan-period Sculpture, The Licchavi Kings", Asianart.com Shrestha, Nanda R. (2003). Historical dictionary of Nepal. Keshav Bhattarai. Lanham...
Publications). ISBN 978-3-033-06381-5. Contains SD card with 15,000 digital photographs of Nepalesesculptures and other subjects as public domain. Portal: Nepal...
Nepal – Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Number 114, October–November 1989, pp. 1–8. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures....
Wanghunshe and Huansang in 648 AD have appreciated Nepalese arts and crafts and the skills of Nepalese craftsmen and artisans in their travelogues. From...
the original on 26 October 2009. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume One: Hindu; Volume Two: Buddhist. (Visual Dharma Publications)...
ISBN 978-3-033-06381-5. Contains SD card with 15,000 digital photographs of Nepalesesculptures and other subjects as public domain. Shrestha, Bal Gopal (2012)....
the world’s construction. However, Nepal followed a different architectural trajectory. Some accounts of Nepalese history are told through myth, the earliest...
confession, Poland Desay Madu Jhya (window) in Kathmandu, Nepal is a specimen of traditional Nepalese wood carving Detail of the Last Supper from Tilman Riemenschneider's...
performance and meaning in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Farnham: Ashgate. von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. Nepalese Stone Sculptures. Volume One: Hindu; Volume Two: Buddhist...
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