Forehead Ornament for a Deity, 17th–19th century, Newari for Nepal or Tibet market, Gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, garnet, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Jewelry, The four celestial Tathagata Buddhas, marking the directional Pure Lands, flank Vairochana, symbolized by the double-pronged vajra (thunderbolt) at center. The large diamond at its axis refers to Vajrayana being the diamond vehicle of Buddhism
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Forehead Ornament, Deity, 17th–19th century, Newari, Nepal, Tibet market, Gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, garnet, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, turquoise, H, 2 3/4, 7 cm, W, 8 1/2, 21.6, Jewelry, four, celestial, Tathagata, Buddhas, marking, directional Pure, Lands, flank Vairochana, symbolized, double-pronged vajra, thunderbolt, center, large diamond, axis refers, Vajrayana, diamond vehicle, Buddhism
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