AKSHOBHYA

In a small portable altar of Japanese origin, there is a brass figure with copper inlay of AKSHOBHYA made in Tibet in the sixteenth century. The Buddha appears seated performing with his hands the gesture called “bhumisparsa mudra” ?taking the earth as a witness? on a throne of two rows of lotus with counterparts at the bottom and top. The robe reinforces the sculptural sense of the image due to its transparent quality, highlighting the outer edge of it, made of copper, which runs along the chest and left arm. The lantern-shaped altar has a circular base, recalling the shape of the lotus at its base and top. The interior of the altar is gilded, contrasting with the red lacquer of its exterior, on which there are showy iron fittings. I.C.F. / R.C.M. / Extracted from: Isabel CERVERA FERNÁNDEZ: Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta. Asian Art Collection. Granada, 2002.Bibliography: COMAS, R.: The art of the Himalayas in the Spanish collections: the bronzes. Madrid, 1993, p. 365.