920 - Buddha Akshobhya - Nepal, 19th century, bronze, figure and pedestal cast separately, figure removable; the Buddha sits in the Padmasana posture on a lotus pedestal and wears an elaborately designed five-petaled crown, richly adorned with earrings, necklaces, and bracelets; the right hand performs the earth-touching gesture, while the left holds the characteristic ritual implement, the vajra; open base; total height approx. 41 cm, width approx. 24.5 cm, weight approx. 5,200 g; in both Mahayana Buddhism and Vajrayana, Akshobhya is one of the five Dhyāna Buddhas (Wisdom Buddhas), he represents the wisdom of the immaculate, clear mind and symbolizes the overcoming of anger, hatred, and rage through patience and steadfastness; signs of age; half of the bracelet on the left upper arm is missing