Product Description

Weeping Buddha 1

Material: Satinwood
Style: Mas, Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 20 cm, Width 19 cm, Depth 19 cm
Order Number: MASWB1

Buddha is bent over with his face in his hands.

The story is that two warriors were fighting each other. They were wearing masks and couldn’t see each other’s faces. Finally the older man beat the younger one and killed him.

When the older fighter removed the younger one’s mask, he realized that he had killed his own lost son.

Seeing this, he began to cry.

It is believed that the Weeping Buddha takes away troubles of the world. By rubbing them you can hand over your sorrows to the Satinwood or suar wood is the Indonesian variant of Albizia Saman, a tree native to South America. It was introduced by the Portuguese in the mid 19th century.

Wood carvers display their mastery of the elements of human form. This is carved by a master woodcarver.

The statues are also known as the humble Buddha,  shy man or shy yogi.

Weeping Buddhas, Sanur, Bali.

There is an example in the British Museum, London (Museum number As 1984 13.14).

20th century.

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