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    Posted 9 years ago

    Petealling…
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    100mm high Bronze hand statue bought in Xian, still had dirt covered all over it.
    the hand figurine is inside a lotus leaf with budhas underneath, has chinewe lettering on the base.
    seems to be brass or bronze and is relatively heavy

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      the posture of the fingers is called a 'mudra'. in the first picture, w/ the back of the hand facing downward, it's called sange or healing mudra. in the last pic, w/ the palm facing outward or downward, it's called jnana mudra - or wisdom mudra.

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