Buddha with a serene face and soothing smile...
Buddha with a serene face and soothing smile Sitting in dhyâna Mudra (both hands resting at stomach level, palms facing the sky, this gesture represents the moment of wisdom of Awakening) on the three Naga rings decorated with scales, the Cobra Mucilinda, the king of the Nâgas, came out of the lake, wrapped his rings under the body of the Buddha and unfolded his seven-headed hoods in a fan shape to protect Buddha from the rain all the time of the storm.
Polychrome wood. Cambodia, post-Khmer period 18th century
H106cm. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Buddha with a serene face and soothing smile Sitting in dhyâna Mudra (both hands resting at stomach level, palms facing the sky, this gesture represents the moment of wisdom of Awakening) on the three Naga rings decorated with scales, the Cobra Mucilinda, the king of the Nâgas, came out of the lake, wrapped his rings under the body of the Buddha and unfolded his seven-headed hoods in a fan shape to protect Buddha from the rain all the time of the storm.
Polychrome wood. Cambodia, post-Khmer period 18th century
H106cm. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.