Burmese Antique Shan Buddha Statue

AGE: – 18th – 19th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Alabaster
HEIGHT: – 57cm
WIDTH: – 39cm
DEPTH: – 13cm

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Burmese Antique Shan Buddha Statue wearing a golden brown coloured simple monks robe with incised lapel. Traces of gilding remain with traces of pink on the tips of the fingers representing fingernails.

The Buddha is seen here seated in Mara Vijiya posture on a single lotus pedestal on top of a narrow plain base. This posture with the fingertips touching the top of the pedestal is depicting the moment of enlightenment when the Buddha touched the ground, calling the Earth Goddess to bear witness to his defeat over the demon Mara and his army of soldiers.
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