Gold Plated Fasting Shakyamuni Buddha Sculpture Art
This unique fasting Shakyamuni Buddha Sculpture body is sculpted by a machine on a copper body and painted the face of the Buddha with gold. This small buddha statue is one of the rare sculptures from our collection. The deity is depicted in his fasting state, seated atop a moon disc lotus seat.
Size: 3.5"/9cm (Height) x 1.9"/5cm (Base)
Weight: 0.156 kg
Material: 24k Gold Gilded, Bronze, Oxidized Copper Body, Acrylic Paintings, Machine Made
Shakyamuni traveled south from Shakya's palace in Kapilavastu to Rajagriha, the capital of the kingdom of Magadha, where he studied with Alara Kalama and subsequently Uddaka Ramaputta, both yogic meditation instructors. Despite mastering their different types of meditation fast, he was unable to discover solutions to his queries in these disciplines.
