urna

Commonly represented as a dot, coil or tuft of hair on the forehead between the eyebrows, small round indentation or set with a gem, the urna is one of the auspicious identifying marks of a Buddha that symbolizes a third eye, which symbolizes vision into the divine world and the ability to see past the mundane universe of suffering.

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  • Bronze Guanyin in Meditation, Thailand

    $485.00

    This lovely 20th century Thai bronze statue is the White Clad Guanyin seated in meditation with her hands in her lap holding her vial of precious dew with her legs covered by her robes which flow to the top of the finely rendered multi-tiered lotus throne. Her open hood is centered by a mandorla surrounding an image of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, her spiritual teacher. She is a vision of compassionate serenity with her half closed eyes and benevolent smile.

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  • Vintage Brass Buddha with Aureole, Nepal

    $790.00

    This fine vintage brass Nepalese Buddha Shakyamuni sculpture with traditional ushnisha  and urna  stands with his hip flexed to the right similar to a contrapposto posture, weight supported on a single leg suggesting movement. With both hands in teaching mudra he wears a thin, close-fitting monks robe in the “wet style”. His elaborate regal pedestal has a removable aureole with a pierced wheel of the dharma above two Buddhist protective lions facing inward. This piece is elegant in its simplicity and expresses the Buddha’s refined and restrained meditative spirituality.

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