GJPaw Auctions is pleased to offer a rare antique copper Standing Buddha from Burma (Myanmar). The original Buddha, Sakyamuni Gautama, or Gautama Siddhartha, was born in India in the 5th-6th century B.C.  He was born into a noble family, but left this life to lead the life of a wandering ascetic and thinker.  Reflecting on the human condition one night while sitting under a Bodi tree, he awoke to find he had realized nirvana, the state of absolute beatitude, and would not be reborn again. He traveled the land, meditated, gained wisdom, and along the way realized impermanence was an undeniable, inescapable fact of life. The rest of his life was spent as a preacher, his teachings contained in a series of documents called the Sutras. This superb Burmese Shan (Tai ethnic group) emulation of a Pagan style cast copper sculpture depicts the Buddha meditating with his hands in the Abhaya mudra of dispelling fear. Abhaya is translated from Sanskrit as fearlessness. It is made with the open palm of the right hand extending outwards at the chest level or slightly higher. The figure measures a commanding 8 inches in width by 5 inches in depth by 25 inches in height (20.3 cm by 12.7 cm by 63.5 cm). The condition is consistent with a dating from the Mid to late 19th century. Wonderfully evocative of a Myanmar marveled for culture and timelessness, it would make a superb addition to any collection of Asian antiques, Buddhist objects or art related to Buddhism.

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