Buddha
Buddha
Buddha
Buddha
Buddha
Buddha
Buddha

Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

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A Burmese lacquer-ware male figure sitting in the lotus position, with his hands in the Bhumispara Mudra position ('touching the earth') to symbolise enlightenment. The figure retains some of its original gilding, with gold surviving on the base and in the folds of Buddha's arms and legs. There is also signs of a red colouring (possibly ink) over the gilding in places. The figure is hollow, but the interior has been sealed off by layers of lacquer and gilt, some of which has been prised away. Any consecration chamber inside remains intact.

Sir William Gray House

Hartlepool

Title

Buddha

Date

18th–19th C

Medium

wood, lacquer & gilt

Measurements

H 14 x W 8.3 x D 6 cm

Accession number

HAPMG : 1969.133.121

Acquisition method

bequeathed

Work type

Sculpture

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Sir William Gray House

Clarence Road, Hartlepool, Tees Valley TS24 8BT England

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