19th or Earlier Century Bronze Mudra Right Hand Fragment Arm on Base

19th or Earlier Century Bronze Mudra Right Hand Fragment Arm on Base19th or Earlier Century Bronze Mudra Hand Fragment Arm on Base Measures approx. 17" x 21" x 5" FRAGMENT of an UPRAISED BUDDHA ARM of a larger than life size Buddha Statue. BRIAN'S MUDRA VERSION: The Upraised Palm in this Mudra might have had the Hand Mudra in SEVERAL OTHER POSTURES TO CONVEY MEANING. My Family is Thai, and to our beliefs and Local Knowledge, the Upraised Palm may be a FRAGMENT of a Mudra which means STOP FIGHTING, or, equally

Feather Glass Bead Necklace:

Embroidered Fabric Heart Ornament

similar to beliefs in other Asian cultures

6" x 3 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Khun Phaen was handsome of face and body

as the raised right hand symbolically represents a shield

Bead size approx: 15mm x 6mm to 20mm x 16mm

and the dye impregnates their skin

After he served everyone in the prison both his basket and gourd were still full and it was then believed that the miraculous visitation was none other than the Infant Jesus

brandishing a longbow

and Amber often washes ashore after heavy storms

Spring 1999