Vintage Standing Mandalay Buddha Resin

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Vintage Standing Mandalay Buddha. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail...
This Buddha is depicted standing in with hands poised in the teaching mudra. The right hand of the Buddha holds a Myrobalan fruit (terminalia chebula) between thumb and index finger symbolizing the attainment of enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Legend tells that the God Indra gifted the Buddha with this fruit for it’s medicinal properties. Held in the varada mudra this Buddha also emanates a sense of welcome, charity, giving, compassion and sincerity. This Buddha wears the uttarasanga in the closed mode, covering the arms and chest and held at each side of the lower body by downward-stretched hands. Below, at its lower centre, appears the antaravasaka. Measures approximately 13 3/4 inches.