Cast Bronze Thursday Buddha, 41 Inches

This large seated Buddha statue is cast bronze with a gold finish and measures 41 inches tall and 24 inches from knee to knee. The right shoulder is bare and the robe crosses the other shoulder. Both hands rest in the lap, one over the other, in meditation. The hair is a cap of tight curls with a flame-shaped finial, and the figure sits on a tiered base with a patterned front panel and a low rectangular foot.

In the Thai tradition of weekday Buddha images, the Thursday figure sits in meditation with the hands in the lap, and people born on Thursday often choose this posture for a home shrine. The gold is a surface finish, not solid gold.

Thai foundries cast bronze of this kind by the lost-wax method: the figure is modeled in wax over a clay core, encased in clay, fired so the wax runs out, then filled with molten bronze. The mold is broken away and the surface is chased and finished. The statue weighs about 290 pounds, so it ships by freight; contact us for a quote. One statue, base included. Dust gently and do not scour the gold finish.