Maitreya Buddha Statue in Oxidized Copper | Tibetan Sculpture for Altar & Meditation
With its 16.9-inch height and 6.21-kg weight, this gold-gilded and oxidized copper statue of Maitreya Buddha will bring compassion and joy to your spiritual practice. This magnificent figure is handcrafted in Nepal from oxidized copper and exquisitely gilded with 24K gold, featuring deeply engraved details that create a 3D-like effect. Maitreya's calm blush and spread hands represent global loving-kindness and a hopeful future, and the statue's elaborate gold and acrylic workmanship exudes tranquility.
The deity sits on an ornate pedestal, enveloped by an elaborate aureole adorned with swirling motifs and guardian figures, signifying divine radiance and protection. Richly decorated robes and intricate jewelry, highlighted by gold accents, emphasize the figure’s status as a celestial being and convey spiritual abundance. The right hand is poised in a gesture of giving, with the palm open, symbolizing generosity and the transmission of blessings. The left hand delicately holds a lotus stem, which blooms next to the shoulder, representing purity and enlightenment rising unsullied from within the world. Overhead, a ceremonial parasol affirms the deity’s exalted position and royal dignity, while the crown and elaborate halo further accentuate the transcendent nature and spiritual authority imbued within this sacred figure.
Size: 16.9”/43cm (Height) × 11.2”/28.5cm (Width)
Weight: 6.21kg
Material: 24K Gold Gilded, Oxidized Copper Body
Maitreya, in the Buddhist tradition, the future Buddha, presently a bodhisattva residing in the Tushita heaven, who will descend to earth to preach the dharma (“law”) anew when the teachings of Gautama Buddha have completely decayed. Maitreya is the earliest Bodhisattva around whom a cult developed and is mentioned in scriptures from the 3rd century CE. All schools of Buddhism accepted him and is still the only bodhisattva generally honored by the Theravada tradition.
