AGE: 17th – 18th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Bronze
Height: 38cm
Width: 13cm
Depth: 10cm
WEIGHT: – 2.80 Kg.
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Shan 17-18th C Bronze Jambhupati Buddha Statue
Shan 17-18th C Bronze Jambhupati Buddha Statue dressed in royal attire, seated in lotus position with legs crossed, wearing a six-pronged elaborate crown with decorative side flanges, and long pointed usnisha.
The Buddha seen here in this posture holding a bowl in the left hand is referred to as the medicine Buddha. The right-hand holds the fruit from the myrobalan plant. The myrobalan fruit is believed to aid in the healing of diseases relating to conflicted emotions, ignorance, passion, and aggression.
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The legend of the Jambhupati-style Buddha dressed in royal attire and wearing a crown is thought to have originated during the lifetime of the Buddha and is related to his meeting with the heretic, haughty, and conceited king Jambhupati, renowned for terrorizing his kingdom and for his cruel ways. The Buddha endeavored to convert the King by asking him to forsake his evil ways and instead practice kindness, but King Jambhupati was unmoved by this request.
Realizing the king’s total reluctance to change his ways, the Buddha magically appeared in resplendent royal attire that so humbled King Jambhupati, he accepted the Buddhist precepts, then accepted the dharma and becomes a monk.
The Jambhupati-style Buddha statue is also seen in several different mediums, but always crowned and wearing jewels. The wooden and hollow lacquer-crowned Buddha statues are often gilded and decorated with glass mosaics and thayo lacquer scrolls to represent the royal jewels and robe worn by a Jambhupati Buddha (king).