Gilded lacquer wood seated Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra

Gilded lacquer wood seated Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra, view 2

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Gilded lacquer wood seated Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra, view 5

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CO12

Gilded lacquer wood seated Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudra

Origin: Burma
Period: Nawng - Tai Yai (Shan) period 18th Century
Material: Lacquered wood
Dimensions: Ht 79 x W 48 x D 30 cm

The Tai-Shan people are believed to have migrated from Yunnan in China.The Shan, who call themselves Tai, form one section of the large Tai ethnic group which is now believed to have spread from Southeast China through Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Burma and Assam. Shan legendsindicate that they were already in the part of Burma which they still inhabit as early as the mid 11th century. The word “Shan” comes from the same root as Siam; in Bagan they were known as the Syam.

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