ANTIQUE THAI BODHISATTVA GILT BRONZE BUDDHA 

LARGE 31" STATUE NAMASKARA MUDRA

-- THIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING GILT BRONZE STATUE IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE AND ON THE BRONZE YOU CAN FIND EXTREMELY DETAILED DESIGNS & PATTERNS

-- THE GESTURE OF NAMASKARA IS A HAND GESTURE WHICH IS PRACTICED THROUGHOUT MANY COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND USED AS A SIGN OF RESPECT AND GREETING IN COUNTRIES LIKE NEPAL, INDIA, SRI LANKA, BURMA, THAILAND, ETC. THIS GESTURE IS USED IN MANY YOGA ASANAS TOO. MUDRA MEANS "SEAL" OR "SIGN", THE TRANSLATION OR THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE "ANJALI MUDRA" IS "SALUTATION SEAL" OR A "GREETING SEAL"

-- THIS MUDRA IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE HRIDAYANJALI MUDRA, WHICH MEANS ADMIRATION TO THE HEART SEAL FROM THE SOUL...

-- IT IS TRULY AN IMPRESSIVE LARGE STATUE REACHING 31" INCHES IN TOTAL HEIGHT AND WEIGHS OVER 49 POUNDS

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:  

-- 11-1/2" FROM ELBOW TO ELBOW

-- 13-1/2" FROM THE FARTHEST POINTS OF THE GILT BRONZE NEAR THE WAIST AND THE DEPTH IS ABOUT 10" FROM THE KNEE TO THE BACK OF THE FOOT

-- CONDITION: GOOD. THERE IS SOME WEAR FROM AGE AS IT IS AN ANTIQUE ITEM. IT LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN POLISHED AT ONE POINT BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER BUT NOT RINSED OFF THOROUGHLY AFTERWARDS RESULTING IN SOME POLISH SITTING ON THE BRONZE. THERE IS SHELF WEAR MARKS ON THE FEET & KNEES AS EXPECTED AS THEY ARE THE RESTING SPOTS FOR THE ITEM. PLEASE SEE ALL OF OUR DETAILED PHOTOS.

--LOC: M3

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