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PATAN MUSEUM EXHIBITION
Height: 25 cm / Width: 15 cm / Depth: 13 cm for each of the five statues.
These statues, executed with great delicacy and precision, were part of the exhibition at the Patan Museum (Kathmandu): “The Renaissance of Newari Woodcarving,” 2024.
Although wooden representations of Buddhas are numerous in Nepal, these five Buddhas stand out for the subtlety of their faces and the grace of the gestures of their hands.
The mudrās — codified hand gestures — each express a spiritual virtue specific to every Buddha.
Each of the five Buddhas is depicted with a specific mudrā: earth-touching (Akshobya), generosity (Ratnasambhava), teaching (Vairochana), meditation (Amitabha), and fearlessness (Amogasiddhi).
Show MoreEach of them is a spiritual guide symbolizing one of the five qualities of the perfection of Buddha Shakyamuni. They are respectively associated with a cardinal direction (East, South, Center, West, North), an element (water, earth, ether, fire, air), and a symbolic color (blue, yellow, white, red, green).
At the center stands Vairochana, surrounded — from left to right — by Akshobya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amogasiddhi.
Himalay’Art is dedicated to Himalayan art and the unique Newar heritage of Nepal, presenting a carefully selected collection of Nepalese statues and sculptures. Our collection includes traditional Buddhist statues from Nepal, antique-style bronze statues and exceptional Newar woodcarvings created by artists and craftsmen of the Kathmandu Valley.