Product Description

Buddha

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.