17" Thursday Buddha – Cast Bronze Pang Samathi

17" Thursday Buddha – Cast Bronze Pang Samathi

The Thursday image in the Thai weekday set: the Buddha seated in meditation—Pang Samathi—legs crossed, both hands in the lap, right over left. This figure stands about 17 inches tall, large enough for a home altar or a dedicated shelf, still well under temple scale.

The metal is cast bronze (older titles said brass). Thai foundries use lost wax: a wax model, a clay mold, firing to burn out the wax, bronze poured, the mold broken, and the surface finished. Robe folds and the quiet face hold at this height. Hollow resin “birthday Buddhas” do not.

Families born on Thursday in Thailand and Laos often keep this pose at home. Popular custom links the day to a steady mind. That is household devotion, not a promise about health or luck.

Dust with a dry cloth. Leave the bronze tone unless you choose to brighten it. Give it a stable base; seventeen inches of bronze has real weight.

A 17-inch seated bronze for Thursday, or for anyone who wants the meditation Buddha larger than a 10-inch shelf piece and smaller than a courtyard statue.