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Cast Iron Buddha statue with lotus throne
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Pre 1920 item# 296932 (stock# M2039)
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1930 Shanghai and More
Tel: 1.510.748.9989
$249 - SOLD
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This meditating cast iron statue features a Buddha holding a begging bowl. This position is called Patra, when a seated figure holds a begging bowl on his lap, it means that he is the head of a monastic order. Interpretation could still vary – some say the bowl is an indication of that this Buddha is a Medicine Buddha, the most popular Buddha God in Japan. This Buddha is in the Bhumisparsa mudra, it means “touching the earth as Gautama did, to invoke the earth as a witness to the truth of his wo ...click for details
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