DOORWAYS Antique Stupa 8″

Name: DOORWAYS Antique Stupa 8"
SKU: GDWL354
Price: 160.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$ 160.00

A wonderful copper statue of 8″ Doorways Antique Stupa.

This stupa represents the point at which the Buddha began to ‘turn the wheel of the Dharma’, to teach the path to enlightenment to others. Also known as the Stupa of Many Gates, the steps are adorned with doorways symbolising the opening of the doors of the Dharma.

In the deer park at sarnath, near Benares, the Buddha met up with the five ascetics who earlier had been his meditation companions on the banks of the Nairanjara River. They became his first disciples and received his first teachings.

1 in stock

SKU: GDWL354 Category: Statues Tags: Antique, Stupa

Description

Doorways Antique Stupa

This is a Nepalese handmade stupa in a traditional antique style.

It is made from a process – lost wax method which is one of the oldest methods of statue crafting in Nepal. This particular piece is sculpted from copper, it has been submitted to an gold plating process and is done with one of the finest craftsmanship available in a traditional way considering even the smallest details on mind, and the final style is also crafted to look and feel natural antique with abrasion touch.

NOTE:

– That the sizes and weight may slightly vary. As it is made by hand the given are the approximate sizes and weight.

– That due to the light condition around the picture and the monitor screen, the color of the object might sometimes differ but very slightly.