Hand Carved & Painted Buddhist Monk  | Regular: $175.00
Sale Price: $139.95
Item #: BHB2068a
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Hand Carved & Painted Buddhist Monk
This is an exquisite hand-carved wooden buddhist monk statue. This sculpture depicts a meditating monk, with both hands in a praying formation in front of his chest. This masterpiece is carved entirely from a single block of highly prized crocodile wood to maintain the sculpture's integrity and quality. Crocodile wood is naturally white and dense.
This magnificent sculpture was first carved, fine and smooth polished to its natural white wood appearance. The grains are visible and extremely attractive which adds depth to this masterpiece. After further drying, a dedicated painter (supposedly, only a handful of such artists can do such detail paintings in the whole of Bali) painted a peaceful scene with colorful flowers, birds, cranes, waterfall etc through Buddha's robe using acrylic paint. Further drying followed. Finally, a layer of clear lacquer was applied to the final work to give it a clear shiny protection coating. This has to be done when the paintings are absolutely dry to avoid any smearing. After the lacquer applications, the sculpture was let to dry for at least another week. All in all, the process to create this magnificent piece takes more than 8 weeks.
Measures 8" x 6" x 4"
Material: Crocodile Wood
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