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Buddha Statues -
Buddha Statue
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Buddha
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Buddha statues, Laughing
Buddha, Buddha's,
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-Buddhist sites are always
decorated with
representations of the
teaching of Buddha,
it wont mater if the
Buddha statues are antique
or
contemporary,
such as the footprint
(the Buddha's impact)
and the wheel (the Buddha's
teaching described as the
"wheel of law"). The most
basic role of Buddha
sculptures and
images of Buddha is to
convey the good mood of calm
that reflects mental
discipline having control
over negative emotions,
fear, greed and other weird
stuff. A Jade Buddha express
serenity and set an example
for all Buddhists, quiet,
smiling, peaceful, beautiful
and value.
A Buddha image,
Buddhist art
etc. has an important
impact in conveying
teachings, especially in
traditional societies.
Classic Buddha postures are
associated with particular
lessons and events in the
Buddha's life. Production of
religious
Buddhist art
has always a "merit making"
component in it since it
helps spread Buddhist
teaching and relax people's
mental suffering, some of
the most beautiful and
valuable is a Jade Buddha.
We not only show the
nature of Buddha image and
statues in relation to
environment around them but
also some relationship to
relicts.
Nobody know if worship of
Buddha images and statues
was sanctioned by the
Buddha and if the dhamma or
textual body of the Buddha
is the higher or truer
approach to his teachings.
Worship of objects has
lead to practices of magic,
miracles and
misunderstanding in the
past. Many highly respected
monks and abbots in the
Buddhist world were and are
critical of image worship.
One of the most venerated
statue is the Jade Buddha in
Shanghai, created from white
jade.
-About
statues of
Buddha and images
a lot has
been written in
the past.
Here we
combine
this
with
Buddha
pictures
to approach it from the
optical
point
of
view.
A ancient Buddha image
today
have
quite
a
high
money
value,
they
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are
traded like
other
objects in
antique
shops all
over the
world and
very prominently
in the antique
shops of
Bangkok,
Singapore
and London.
At London
plenty of
antique
statues,
images and
sculptures
are on
display in
shops around
the big
auction
houses such
as Sotheby's
and
Christie's.
All kind of
Buddha
images are
there,
ceramic
Buddha's,
others made
from wood,
bronze,
brass and
even gold.
Brass
Buddha
dealers
in
Burma
or
Myanmar
are
mainly
in
Mandalay
at
the
vicinity
of
the
Maha
Muni
temple
and
pagoda.
Antique
statues
of
Buddha
are
mainly
available
at
the
antique
shops
in
Yangon,
Bogyoke
Market,
Mandalay
and
at
Pyin Oo Lwin
the
former Maymyo
close
to
Mandalay.
Marble
and
other
stones
are
used
for
statues
plus
woodcarving,
jade
carving,
brass
and
bronze
casting
to
make
sure
the
statues
look
good
and
are
ok
for
a
long
period
of
time.
Buddha
figurines always
create
an
oriental
magic,
tranquility
and
a
mystic
charm,
they
are
for
sure
not
only
used
as a
religious
expression.
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Contemporary
Buddha
Statues
today are
made from
marble,
are a Jade
Buddha, by
woodcarving
and other
materials.
Most Buddha
figurines
and other
objects have
been
smuggled out
of
Cambodia,
Thailand,
Laos and
Myanmar
or Burma and
brought to
the global
antique
market. But
if you see a
great
antique
Buddha for
sale, in
particular
at Bangkok
and
Singapore,
they are
usually
fake. But
made in a
very good
way to look
just like a
ancient
Buddha's
statue. Be
very
skeptical,
even if this
antique
dealer
present you
all kind of
certification
papers, also
this papers
are mostly
fake. A
very
well
known
procedure,
especially
in
Thailand
is
to
take
some
old
paper
clean
the
surface
and
write
something
new
onto
it,
if
this
is
made
orderly
its
really
hard
to
distinguish
it
from
originals.
Be
aware
that
in
most
Asian
countries
it
is
strictly
forbidden
to
export
any
antique
Buddha
images,
statues
and
sculptures.
If
they
catch
you
you
end
up
in
lousy
Asian
jail.
If
you
want
to
buy
Buddha
figurines
from
different
materials
such
as
wood,
marble,
masonry,
brass,
bronze
and
jade
there
are
several
places
to
do
so.
The
best
is
the
Bogyoke
Market
in
Yangon,
Myanmar
or
Burma
and
the
various
handicraft
manufacturers
in
the
city.
Mandalay
would
also
be a
excellent
sourcing
place,
most
of
the
workshops
are
around
the
Maha
Muni
Temple
and
Pagoda.
In
Thailand
the
3
main
places
to
buy
Buddha
statues
are,
first
Bangkok
in
the
shopping
centers
and
big
hotels,
notably
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Buddha statues northern Thailand |

Buddha sculpture at Mandalay |

Large Buddha Statue Mandalay |

Marble Buddha workshop Mandalay |

Outdoor Buddha Statues at Mandalay |

Buddha Sculptures at Mandalay |
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around
the
Oriental
Hotel
and
in
the
Four
Season
Hotel.
Chiang
Mai
in
northern
Thailand
is a
excellent
shopping
area
and
not
so
expensive.
Along Kamphenphet
Road
are
dozens
of
workshops
with
a
sales
office in
front.
In
Phuket
the
best
places
to
buy wooden
Buddha
statues
are
the
shops
along
the
2
Phuket
Town
main
roads.
You
can
find
real
great
antiques
to
buy.
Naturally
there
are
not
only
wooden
Buddha
statues,
they
also
have
statues made
from
metal,
marble,
jade
Buddha
and
other
materials.
Laughing
Buddha
statues
carved
from
imperial
Jade
in a
shop
at
Kuala
Lumpur
Central
Market.
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Laughing Buddha Statues and Jade Buddha.
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Antique Buddha Statue in a antique shop of a major hotel in Yangon Myanmar |
But
the
real
Buddha
Statues
manufacturing
places
are
in
Myanmar
as
explained
above
and
Chiang
Mai.
At
Singapore
the best place to shop for antique Buddha statues is the Tanglin
shopping
centers
a little bit north of the Hilton Hotel, where they sell all kind of Buddha Statues and related items, but prices are very high. |

Jade Buddha Statue with encrusted ruby and gold dust |
A
interesting
place
with
reasonable
prices
for
Buddha
figurines
and
all
kind
of
antiques
from
south
east
is
Penang
Georgetown,
great
place
for
shopping,
there
are
also
plenty
of
shops
offering
Indian
artwork
statues,
crafts
and
some
jewelry
shops
sell
Jade
Buddha.
Large
hand
carved
teakwood
Buddha
statue
and
Buddha
image
could
be
commissioned
in
Yangon,
Myanmar
or
Burma.
It
would
be
even
reasonable
to
have
a a
trip
to
Yangon,
the
visa
for
Myanmar
is
very
easy
obtainable
in
Bangkok
from
the
General
Consulate
at
the
Embassy,
within
a
day.
One
of
the
simple
reason
is,
there
is
still
plenty
of
teakwood
for
carving
available
in
Myanmar
or
Burma
and
the
manpower
prices
are
very
low
but
the
artistic
skills
of
the
worker
quite
high.
There
are
all
kind
standing
Buddha,
Buddha
with
crossed
legs,
walking,
sitting,
sleeping
and
other
Buddha
Statues
available.
There
are
also
ancient
marble
statues
available
and
other
antique
Buddha
sales,
just
deal
with
a
government
licensed
shop
otherwise
you
will
run
into
trouble
when
leaving
the
country.
Also
keep
in
mind
that
there
are
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Buddha Pictures Mural Painting from a ancient Bagan Temple |
no
credit
card
and
practically
no
banks,
they
have
a
state
bank
who
does
some
foreign
currency
trading
but
since
the
US
sanctions
all
came
flat.
You
need
dollars
in
cash,
some
also
take
Euro
but
the
preference
is
dollars,
they
also
wont
take
Baht,
Singapore
dollars
or
whatever.
For
the
daily
needs
change
some
money
with
a
money
changer
in
the
Bogyoke
Market.
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To
buy
a
antique
Buddha
in
Singapore
or
Bangkok
is,
first,
very
expensive
and
second
you
could
run
into
trouble
when
leaving
the
country.
In
Thailand
trouble
is
on
almost
for
sure
when
you
got
antique
Buddha's
who
were
for
sale.
In
Singapore
and
Thailand
about
90%
of
so
called
antique
Buddha
statues
are
not
antique
at
all,
they
a
fake,
but
very
good
fake
and
even
the
certificated
is
fake,
so
be
careful.
If
you
want
to
buy
a
rather
expensive
Buddha
statue
the
best
is
hire
a
specialist
for
a
few
hours
and
let
them
check, |
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ask
the hotel
where you
can find
one.
Very
attractive
contemporary
laughing
Buddha
statue are
made in
Myanmar from
jade
by carving,
this are
almost all
the time the
fat jade Buddha
statues and
carved from
white jade
with some
other colors
visible,
usually with
some lapis
lazuli color
and lavender.
Other jade
Buddha
statues
are
made
from
green
jade,
but
rather
seldom
since
good
green
jade
is
prohibitively
expensive
for
larger
statues
of
Buddha.
The
best
jade
items
whatever
the
object
is
one
can
buy
in
Myanmar
or
Burma,
there
is a
so
called
Emporium
twice
per
year
in
Yangon
or
Rangoon
to
sell
jade
and
other
precious
stones
like
rubies,
sapphires
and
plenty
of
other
stones. |

Laughing Buddha
Statue
as
Jade
Buddha |

Buddha Statue
Brass
Bronze Buddha, statues made by teakwood carving, marble sculptures, Buddha paintings and murals are available as part of Buddhist art. Mandalay in Myanmar is one of the center of Buddhist art, probably the biggest worldwide. Buddhist art production Thailand style is also done at Chiang Mai. |
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There
are
also
six
symbolic
hand
mudras,
each
gesture
carrying
a
distinct
meaning.
The
Abhaya
Mudra,
shows
the
right
hand
raised
and
the
left
pointed
downward.
This
represents
Buddha
promising
his
followers
tranquility,
protection
and
courage
if
they
accept
and
follow
his
ideas.
The
Bhumisparsa
Mudra
is
showing
the
Buddha
seated
with
crossed
legs,
left
hand
on
his
lap,
palm
upwards,
and
his
right
hand
on
right
knee
with
fingertips
touching
the
ground.
This
mudra
represents
Buddha
asking
mother
earth
to
witness
his
enlightenment.
In
the
Dhyana
Mudra
the
Buddha
statue
is
sitting
cross-legged
with
the
palm
of
his
right
hand
in
the
left
palm,
and
both
hands
lying
in
his
lap.
The
event
in
the
life
of
the
Buddha
being
depicted
is
indicated
by
the
objects
held
in
the
hands
or
figures
flanking
the
Buddha
image.
The
Dharmacakra
Mudra
depicts
Buddha
with
both
hands
held
in
front
of
his
breast
forming
a
circle
with
the
middle
finger
and
thumb
of
his
left
hand
touching
the
tips
of
the
index
finger
and
thumb
of
the
right. This
signifies
the
Buddha's
first
Sermon
at Sarnath,
India,
giving
an
explanation
of
the
wheel
of
law.
A
statue
depicting
the
Varada
Mudra
means
standing
Buddha
with
arms
outstretched
in
front
of
his
body,
palms
opened
out
and
the
tips
of
the
fingers
pointing
downwards
to
the
earth.
This
mudra
represents
the
Buddha
blessing
his
followers.
The
Abhaya
and
Varada
Mudras
show
Buddha's
right
hand
raised
as
in
the
Abhaya
Mudra
and
his
left
hand
outstretched
as
in
the
Varada
Mudra.
This mudra
portrays
Buddha
blessing
and
promising
protection
to
his
followers.
It
also
represents
his
descent
to
earth
after
preaching
to
his
mother
in
heaven. |
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Sitting Buddha |

Lord Buddha |

Thai Buddha at Chiang Mai |

Bronze Buddha, Chedi Hotel Phuket |

Big Buddha Bagan |
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One
of
the
most
interesting
places
to
go
shopping
for
Buddha
statues
and
other
antiques
of
the
east
is
the Tanglin Shopping
Centre in Singapore.
This
is not
only Singapore's
oldest mall, the
statues,
images and
other
antiques
are
usually
even
much
older.
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Buddha statues |
Exquisite
antiques and art
pieces such as Chinese Buddha
statues from China and south east Asia are on display plus all kind of decorative items. There are beautiful old Ming vases plate and tableware plus other porcelain
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Also Buddha statues from Myanmar and Cambodia find their way to the Tanglin Shopping
Centre from time
to
time.
The Tanglin Shopping Center in Singapore is a real haven for a connoisseur of art around the Buddha statues theme. Not even at London in the antique shops around the big auction houses such exquisite items can be found. If you buy this items at Singapore, Hong Kong or maybe Europe there are two things almost for sure, prices are high and there is a good chance that you buy good quality, but there are no Jade Buddha.
Elsewhere in Asia prices might be lower but usually also the quality is low. At the Tanglin Shopping Mall finest and real exquisite sculptures are available, it wont matter now if it is a marble Buddha, wood, jade Buddha, casting or other materials. |
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Buddha
statues
at
Tanglin
Shopping
Mall
Singapore

Reclining
Buddha at
Tanglin
Shopping
Center
Singapore

Antique
Buddha Statues
and Laughing Buddha
Statue
at a
Tanglin
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Cambodia
is
a very
sad
example
what
vandals
are
doing
with
antique
Buddha's
and
other
antique
objects.
They
break
the
antique
sculptures
off
the
temples
and
smuggle
them
out
of
the
country.
In
particular
during
the
French
colonial
occupation
of
Cambodia
hundreds
of
beautiful
and
very
valuable
Buddha
figures
and
other
antique
artifacts
were
stolen
by
French
people.
It
is
necessary
to
indicate
that
also
the
lunatic Pol
Pot
was
educated
in
France
and
obviously
got
his
mad
ideas
there.
Even
today
people
do
this
on a
smaller
scale
since
most
of
the
temples
and
monuments
are
not
guarded.
Even
at
Angkor
Wat
today
there
are
plenty
of
ancient
sculptures
and
artifacts
still
unexcavated
and
looters
are
digging.
Since
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Large Buddha Statues looting in Cambodia |

Statue of Buddha looting in Cambodia |
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are still very active on the buying end looting of the
gangs
with
the
stone
is
going
on
and
priceless
carvings
are
cut
and
smuggled
out
of
the
country.
The
Khmer
ancient
treasures usually in form of statues and relief are still in great demand and there are art dealers and collectors who are willing to pay a high price for Hindu and Buddhist art. |
- Jade Buddha Statues
a Jade Buddha is a very valuable piece of art coming in different postures, material composition and sizes. Only Gold Buddha are usually more valuable than Jade Buddha, naturally it also depends on the size of the statue.
Today most Jade Buddha's are created in Myanmar, the former Burma. Buddha figures created from white jade, light green jade or lavender jade are usually made. In resent years some refined creations came in that means a Jade Buddha Statue with parts encrusted with ruby dust plus small rubies and small pieces of jade with different colors.
This technique is also used to create ruby gemstone "paintings" and imperial jade "paintings". |

Laughing Buddha Statue and Jade Buddha with Ruby and Gold Dust Encrusting, about 80 cm height,
available for $ 28.000,- plus shipping. |

Laughing Buddha Statue, Jade Buddha.
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Pls. note you can buy the jade Buddha statues you see on this page and elsewhere in the website. Payment is FOB, delivery worldwide. Since we have a workshop creating the statues prices and quality are excellent. If you have special requirements and ideas pls. tell, we also do custom creations for a great Jade Buddha.

Jade Buddha |

Jade Buddha Statues Sitting

Jade Buddha |

Jade Buddha Statue about 30 cm height
sales for appr. $ 850,-
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A jade Buddha is one of the more expensive Buddha statues, they convey a touch of divinity into any room with an aura hard to beat, its exotic, its beautiful and it shows culture. Because of today’s globalization Buddha Figurines are easily found in the internet and plenty of antique shops offer various statues, figurines, images to give you the possibility to adorn your house interior, restaurant, garden and other places. You could also get wall decoration and tapestries with Buddha images plus Buddha paintings of various styles, oil paintings, Buddha paintings with watercolors and others.
A statue of Buddha can somehow give a living space the ultimate touch, in many countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Laos and elsewhere it brings spirituality into the house to bring good fortune. The statues are also associated with inspiration and good life. Statues are crafted from marble, carved from wood, created as jade Buddha, porcelain Buddha and from other materials to get a timeless piece of art into your house. Most people are attracted by aesthetical parameter of the piece of art, others by spiritual considerations and again others by both. People like a Jade Buddha but its quite expensive. |
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Maha Muni Buddha
Mandalay |

Reclining
Buddha |
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