Antique Thai Bronze Buddha Hand – Vitarka Mudra – 19th Century

Thai bronze Buddha hand in Vitarka mudra

Origin: Thailand
Period: 19th century
Material: bronze / copper alloy
Dimensions: H 38 × W 9 cm
Weight: 900 g
Mudra: Vitarka mudra
Display: mounted on a black stand

Teaching gesture and palm emblem

This surviving right hand was cast as part of a larger Buddhist image. The thumb and index finger meet in the teaching gesture known as Vitarka mudra, while a raised floral chakra is set into the palm. The combination gives the fragment both iconographic clarity and considerable sculptural presence.

Modelling and patina

The fingers are unusually elongated and fluid, contrasting with the densely decorated wrist band below. The bronze carries layered brown, green and blue-green oxidation, together with age-related rubbing and surface variation.

Catalogue note

Detached Buddha hands of this type were originally integral to monumental devotional bronzes. Mounted independently, this example retains the elegant line, ritual gesture and decorative detail associated with 19th-century Thai bronze sculpture.

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