Chinese Wood Standing Buddha

Robed figure stands with palms pressed together and paint worn thin.

This standing wooden Buddha is from China. It is wood. Standing Buddha images show the Buddha upright with a calm expression and often a raised hand, and the gestures of the hands are generally understood to carry specific meanings. Standing carved figure with a smooth shaved head, long layered robes with deep folds and hands joined at the chest. It rests on a petal-shaped base, and the body shows flaking pale paint over a gray-brown surface. It is 21 inches wide, 17 deep and 65 high.

Serene posture, a little weathered, and still quite composed.