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Shan Marble Buddha Head - TAHER.006
Origin: Burma
Circa: 1700
AD
to 1800
AD
Dimensions:
9.75" (24.8cm) high
x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide
Collection: Asian Art
Style: Shan
$18,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
The Shan people are a distinct ethnic group that
today constitute Myanmar’s largest minority group.
However, from the 13th until the 16th Century, they
dominated most of the country. They are largely
Buddhist, and their language and customs are closely
related to the Thai and Laotians, their neighbors to
the south and east. In the 19th Century, long after
their power had eroded, they were distributed among
thirty petty states that paid tribute first to the
Burman King, then to the British. This arrangement
remained more or less in tact until 1922 when the
Federated Shan States were joined together. In 1947,
a unified Shan States was created under the Burmese
Constitution. Although much of their autonomy has
been relinquished to the central government, the
Shan retain their unique cultural identity and ethnic
heritage.
The historical figure, Buddha Gautama Sakyamuni is
the Buddha of compassion who, having achieved the
highest evolutionary perfection, turns suffering into
happiness for all living beings. Born around 560 B.C.
somewhere between the hills of south Nepal and the
Rapti river, his father was a Raja who ruled over the
northeastern province of India, the district including
the holy Ganges River. The young prince was married
to Yashoda when he was about 17 years old and
together they had a son named Rahula. At the age of
29, he left his life of luxury, as he felt compelled to
purify his body and make it an instrument of the mind
by ridding himself of earthly impulses and
temptations.
- (TAHER.006)
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