Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha Statue - Bhumisparsha Mudra Small Boxes With its finely rendered kimono

With its finely rendered kimono patterns

A refined bijin-ga sheet from Toyokuni III's celebrated series "The Twelve Months

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expertly crafted from solid teak and reinforced with brass corner mounts and straps designed to endure the rigours of travel

Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha Statue - Bhumisparsha Mudra Small Boxes With its finely rendered kimonoThis large bronze Buddha has a serene gaze with painted eyes and lips. Buddha is seated in bhumisparsha mudra, with his right hand "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. He sits here on his lotus throne, which raises Buddha above the contamination of day to day existence like a lotus flower