Shakyamuni Buddha, Earth-Touching
fromNPR 38,000
Milarepa
Oxidized copper, hand cupped to the ear
NPR 68,000
Quantity
KLM-MILARE-OX-08
Seated in an easy posture in a cotton robe, right hand cupped behind the ear in the singer's gesture. Nepal's and Tibet's poet-yogi, and the only figure in this range shown as a man rather than as a deity — no crown, no jewellery, no aureole.
What to expect from this order
Cast by hand in a named workshop
Made by Oku Bahal Shilpa in the Kathmandu valley, and paid for directly. About the workshop
Dispatched in two working days
Tracked the whole way. Anything over 10 kg travels by freight on a booked slot. Shipping and delivery
Nothing charged now
Pay the courier on delivery, or by wallet or bank transfer once we have confirmed the piece. How paying works
14 days to change your mind
Return it within 14 days of delivery, in the condition it arrived in. Refund policy
The detail
Measurements, materials and how this one was made — the facts a photograph cannot carry.
- Deity
- Milarepa
- Finish
- Oxidized copper
- Posture
- Seated, royal ease
- Inlay
- None
- Material
- Copper
- Technique
- Lost-wax cast
- Origin district
- Lalitpur (Patan)
- Artisan
- Oku Bahal workshop, Patan
- Width
- 13.4 cm
- Length
- 9.7 cm
- Height
- 20.3 cm
- Weight
- 2.2 kg
Everything that makes the other castings impressive is absent here, which makes it harder rather than easier. With no ornament to carry the eye, the whole piece rests on the face and the fall of one plain robe.
Cast by the lost-wax method the Newar workshops of Patan have used for roughly a thousand years. The artisan models the figure in wax, encases it in a clay and rice-husk mould, fires the mould so the wax runs out, and pours molten metal into the void that is left. The mould is broken to release the casting, so no two pieces from it can ever be identical. Chasing, filing and detailing the face are then done entirely by hand — the slowest part of the work, and the part that decides whether a statue is any good.
Dust weekly with a dry, soft cloth; a natural-bristle brush reaches into the crown, the jewellery and the petals of the lotus base. Never use water, metal polish or any commercial cleaner — the dark tone is a deliberate chemical patina and polishing strips it permanently. Keep out of damp rooms and direct sun. Lift by the base, never by an arm or an attribute.
In-stock pieces are dispatched within two working days and tracked all the way. Pieces over 10 kg travel by freight on a booked slot rather than by parcel carrier.
You can return it within 14 days of delivery, in the condition it arrived in. If you changed your mind you pay the return postage; if it was faulty or damaged in transit, we do. The refund policy sets out how, and the shipping policy covers costs and timings.
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