• Monumentaal antiek teakhouten Medicijn Arhat beeld uit de 18e eeuw Ava periode in brute Wabi Sabi stijl
  • Slank en levensgroot boeddhistisch kloosterbeeld van 151,5 cm gesneden uit één monolithische stam van oud Birmese teakhout
  • Close-up van het serene gelaat en de handen van de Birmese Arhat die de heilige Haritaki vrucht devoot vasthoudt
  • Slank profielaanzicht van het monumentale boeddhistische monniksbeeld met de brute, pure Wabi Sabi houtstructuur
  • Close-up in zijaanzicht van de Medicijn Arhat die de goudvergulde heilige Haritaki vrucht teder voor de borst draagt
  • Volledige achterzijde van het 42 kilo zware teakhouten beeld tonend de natuurlijke verticale krimp- en drooglijnen over de gehele lengte
  • Macro-opname van de achterzijde van het hoofd met de ongetoucheerde donkere houtnerven en karakteristieke anatomische contouren
  • Linkerprofiel van de staande Birmese Arhat met duidelijke ambachtelijke handmatige beitelsporen op het monnikskleed
  • Detailopname van het serene gezichtsprofiel en het langgerekte oorlel met versteende helderwitte stucco kalkgesso resten
  • Detail van de arm en de zijkant van de Haritaki vrucht met de doorleefde organische houtnerf en vroege lakresten
  • Close-up van de parallel lopende handgesneden gewaadplooien met duidelijke overblijfselen van de oorspronkelijke witte krijtondergrond
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Antique Teak Medicine Arhat Statue Burma 18th Century 151.5cm

Antique Teak Medicine Arhat Statue Burma 18th Century 151.5cm

  • ✓ Museum-quality masterpiece: 100% forensically verified sacred masterpiece from the 18th century (Ava period, ca. 1750–1820)
  • ✓ Extremely rare iconography: Standing Medicine-Arhat with the sacred Myrobalan fruit (Haritaki) for overall spiritual and physical healing
  • ✓ Monumental Wabi-Sabi aesthetic: Monolithically hand-carved from a single massive, ancient trunk of premium Burmese teak (42 kg)
  • ✓ Historical structural stabilization: Unique, original 18th-century hand-forged iron monastic clamps with proven iron-tannin reaction
  • ✓ Forensically verified: Intact end grain wood with adze marks, authentic Thit-si lacquer layers, and certified UV fluorescence
  • ✓ Worry-free premium delivery: Worldwide, fully insured, and custom-secured art transport shipping
  • ✓ Absolute certainty: Includes an official and extensive certificate of authenticity from 1stbuddha

Unique item — once sold, definitively not available again. This life-size, masterful temple altar masterpiece (151.5 cm) belongs to the absolute exceptional category of early sacred art from Myanmar (Burma). There is no second example of this unrestored historical document worldwide.

A breathtaking 'trophy-piece' for the discerning connoisseur, top architect, and collector. This monumental interior anchor combines raw Wabi-Sabi wood architecture with a deep, ancient spiritual presence.

The Spiritual Power: The Medicine-Arhat & The Sacred Haritaki Fruit

Within the early Buddhist tradition of Myanmar, this imposing sculpture occupies an extremely rare and meaningful position. The statue originally served as a monumental altar guardian in a royal Burmese monastery complex (Kyaung):

  • Medicinal Symbolism of Healing: The Arhat (enlightened disciple) devoutly holds the sacred Myrobalan fruit (Haritaki) with both hands before his chest. Within sacred Asian art, this specific fruit symbolizes overall spiritual, mental, and physical healing, as well as the dispelling of suffering.
  • Sublime Wabi-Sabi Wood Architecture: The sculpture is in a fabulous, untouched 'stripped' state. The raw, deeply lived-in, and organic wood grain of the ancient teak (Tectona grandis) therefore plays the absolute leading role. This pure, weather-beaten look seamlessly aligns with the highest international standards of the high-end eclectic design segment.
  • Generations of Devotion: The bald head and characteristic facial profile show a soft, rubbed friction patina. This subtle sheen is the direct, inimitable result of generations of manual touching and ritual care by monks and pilgrims.

Forensic Analysis & Unique Monastic Clamps

The absolute authenticity and pristine historical status of this 18th-century masterpiece are irrefutably substantiated by a rigorous, parallel forensic audit:

  • Ancient Structural Stabilization (Monastic Clamps): A spectacular discovery on the massive, kidney-shaped underside of the throne foot provides ultimate proof of centuries of active care. Across the natural shrinkage cracks, hand-forged iron clamps (butterflies) were driven deep into the hard teak core in the 18th or early 19th century. The intensely black discoloration in the wood grains around these clamps (iron-tannin reaction) only occurs through a slow, decades-long interaction between corroded pre-industrial iron and the natural sap of ancient hardwood.
  • The Underside (End Grain Wood): The base shows rough, manual cuts from a traditional Burmese adze (patil). The deep, natural heart crack is completely dark oxidized towards the center over time, proving an ancient natural drying process.
  • The Gesso Stratigraphy & Thit-si Lacquer: In the deep, hand-carved drapery folds and around the ear, fossilized, bright white remnants of the original chalk gesso ground layer have been preserved. Under microscopic magnification, the shoulders and the fruit show the legendary Burmese Thit-si lacquer tree resin, covered with an organic red cinnabar primer and fragments of the original, cold-gilded gold leaf (prada).
  • UV Audit (365nm): Laboratory examination under 365nm UV light shows intense, natural bright yellow-green and turquoise fluorescence deep in the grains. This confirms a slow process of mineral exudation and salt crystallization over a period of more than a century. The object is completely free of modern glues or epoxy resins.

Specifications

  • Chronology: 18th Century (Ava-Inwa period, ca. 1750–1820)
  • Origin: Myanmar (Burma) / Ex-Monastery Altar Architecture
  • Iconography: Standing Medicine-Arhat with the sacred Haritaki fruit
  • Material: Solid, monolithic antique teak core (Tectona grandis)
  • Finish: Raw Wabi-Sabi wood structure with authentic stucco, Thit-si lacquer, and gold leaf remnants
  • Height: 151.5 cm
  • Width: 36.5 cm
  • Condition: Top-Tier Museum Class (100% forensically verified authentic antique; unrestored with original historical blacksmith clamps)

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