Large Buddha From Myanmar In Gilt Bronze, Mandalay Period, 19th Century

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Object description :

"Large Buddha From Myanmar In Gilt Bronze, Mandalay Period, 19th Century"

Gilded bronze Buddha in position to witness the earth, 19th century, Mandalay period (1853 - 1948)

Mandalay was considered the center of the Buddhist universe in Myanmar. King Mindon moved the capital from Amarapura to this new location and renamed it Mandalay City. Tradition has it that Gautama Buddha visited the sacred summit of Mandalay Hill with his disciple Ananda and proclaimed that on the 2,400th anniversary of his death, a metropolis of Buddhist learning would be founded on the plain at the foot from the hill. The political center of this new city had the perfect geometric shape of a Buddhist mandala, for which the city was named Mandalay.

Height 47 cm, width 32 cm

Price: 2 000 €