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by Jonathan Copeland

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Ni Wayan Murni

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"Visitors to Bali see Buddha images everywhere. They are often moved and inspired by them but wonder what they mean. They all look alike, but are subtly different."

Ni Wayan Murni
Hello Bali, February 2005

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Buddhas



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Sizes:

Front: height 67.5 cm, width 31 cm, depth 31.5 cm

Order Number: ST0A

Middle: height 81 cm, width 56 cm, depth 40 cm

Order Number: ST0B

Head: height 38 cm, width 23 cm, depth 19 cm

Order Number: ST0C

Background: Buddha was born in India around 566 BC and died at the age of 80 years. Around the 1st or 2nd century, 500 or 600 years after his death, the first images in human form appeared in India. Rules soon developed governing his physical appearance, clothes, posture and gestures.

There are 4 postures: sitting, standing, walking and reclining. There are 3 ways in which he sits: legs folded one on top of the other; legs crossed so that the soles of the feet are exposed and turned upwards; or both legs hanging down as if sitting in a chair.

He wears a monk's robe, either covering both shoulders or open, so that the right shoulder is bare. Sometimes the cloth appears translucent with energy radiating from his body. His skin is always smooth and unblemished.


Apsari



Material: Stone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 22 cm, width 10 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Order Number: ST1

Background: Apsaras are heavenly angels in Hindu mythology. They are often depicted with elaborate crowns and hair styles.

Buddha 1



Material: Stone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 13.5 cm, width 9 cm, depth 7 cm
Order Number: ST2

Buddha 2



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 26 cm, width 18 cm, depth 12 cm
Order Number: ST5

Buddha Head 1



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 37.5 cm, width 25 cm, depth 18.5 cm
Order Number: ST6

Buddha Head 2



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 19 cm, width 24 cm, depth 17.5 cm
Order Number: ST7

Buddha Head 3



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 27.5 cm, width 23 cm, depth 16 cm
Order Number: ST8

Buddha Bust 1



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 36.5 cm, width 24 cm, depth 20 cm
Order Number: ST9

Balinese Boy



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: To order
Order Number: ST10

Balinese Girl



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: To order
Order Number: ST11

Buddha Panel



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Length 40 cm, width 40 cm, depth 8 cm
Order Number: ST12

Sitting Buddha



Material: Volcanic stone
Style: Bali
Size: Various
Order Number: ST13

Background: At the last count we had 33 of these Buddhas in the gardens at Villa Kunang-Kunang, but we probably have more now.

Wrestler



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Various
Order Number: ST14

Price on request.

Buddha Bust 2



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 23 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 9 cm
Order Number: ST15

Bamboo Panel



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: To order
Order Number: ST16

Price on request.

Boy and Girl at Prayer



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Small: Height 20 cm, width 10 cm, depth 10 cm
Order Number: ST17A

Price is given for one: tell us if you would like the boy or girl, or both.

Size: Medium: Height 30 cm, width 12 cm, depth 12 cm
Order Number: ST17B

Price is given for one: tell us if you would like the boy or girl, or both.

Size: Large: Height 60 cm, width 20 cm, depth 20 cm
Order Number: ST17C

Price is given for one: tell us if you would like the boy or girl, or both.

Garuda



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 30 cm, width 21.5 cm, depth 17 cm
Order Number: ST18

Wisnu



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 30 cm, width 12 cm, depth 12 cm
Order Number: ST19

Stone Ganesha 2



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 30 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 14.5 cm
Order Number: ST20

Saraswati





Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 67 cm, width 21 cm, depth 21 cm
Order Number: ST21

Background: Saraswati, consort of Brahma, is the Balinese goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and the arts, music, speech and poetry. She is slender, young and beautiful, dressed like a queen, with a crown and jewelry on all her limbs. She rides a goose with pure white feathers.

In one hand she holds a blue water lily, which represents beauty, purity and the flowering of knowledge. In the other is a lontar palm leaf book, which represents literature, wisdom and learning.

She holds a loop of religious beads as a sign of endless religious devotion. In her 4th hand is a rebab, a vertical bowed lute with two strings.

Her day is the last of the Balinese 210 day calendar, when offerings are made to books, and it's a school holiday. Ironically it's a day when reading is forbidden.

In Ancient India bathing in the Saraswati River bought renewal, freedom, enlightenment, healing, purity and fertility.

Buddha Head 4



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 40 cm, width 23 cm, depth 20 cm
Order Number: ST22

Buddha Head 5



Material: Limestone
Style: Bali
Size: Height 34 cm, width 22 cm, depth 19 cm
Order Number: ST23

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