Shakyamuni Buddha, Earth-Touching
fromNPR 38,000
Mini Buddha Set of Three
Brass, three inches, three mudras
NPR 14,500
Quantity
KLM-SHAKYA-AB-03
Three cast brass Buddhas at three inches each, in the earth-touching, meditation and teaching gestures. Supplied together in a cloth-lined box. The usual first piece, and the one most often bought for someone else.
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
- Shakyamuni Buddha
- Finish
- Antique brass
- Posture
- Seated in lotus
- Inlay
- None
- Material
- Brass
- Technique
- Lost-wax cast
- Origin district
- Lalitpur (Patan)
- Artisan
- Oku Bahal workshop, Patan
- Width
- 5 cm
- Length
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- 7.6 cm
- Weight
- 1.05 kg
Small work is where apprentices learn. These come out of the same workshop and the same moulds discipline as the large pieces, at a size where an afternoon's mistake costs a few hundred rupees of brass instead of a month.
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 with a dry, soft cloth. The antique tone is applied, not natural, so avoid brass polish and acidic cleaners — both cut straight through it. If the piece is handled often, wipe it down with a dry cloth afterwards; fingerprints etch brass over time. Keep away from damp.
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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