Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha Statue - Bhumisparsha Mudra Origin - Mongolia This bleaching is only seen

This bleaching is only seen on rosewood pieces with significant age

The carvings on this box are particularly beautiful

This scroll would have been commissioned upon the matriarch's death in 1928

architectural design can be traced back to the Ming dynasty

As with early Rattanakosin castings

Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha Statue - Bhumisparsha Mudra Origin - Mongolia This bleaching is only seenThis bronze Buddha is in the pose of Bhumisparsha mudra and seated on a lotus throne. Bhumisparsha means "Touching the earth" and symbolises Buddha's enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree. The mudra is always from a seated position with the right hand resting on the knee, fingers pointing to the ground. This is an excellent museum quality reproduction piece cast in bronze in the Tibetan style using traditional techniques with a gilded finish. From