- This Shakyamuni Buddha is carved entirely by hand and then cast using the lost wax method in the Kathmandu Valley.
- Over 8 artists work on each of these statues, carving, making wax molds, pouring hot bronze, painting the gold faces and eyes and hand painting them.
- Meenu Shakya, a master artisan, did all the finishing painting work. It takes her months t o complete a statue with such intricate details.
The Shakyamuni Buddha was a spiritual master who lived and taught in modern day India and Nepal. Shakyamuni taught others to be awakened to the true nature of reality and freed from suffering.
Measures approximately 9 inches tall.
