"Saturday Buddha" Protected by the Naga King Miniature Amulet Sagrada Corazon de Jesus y Maria con San Jeronimo y San Francisco The Cristo Negro of Esquipulas

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Material: low fire terracotta lovingly adorned with black lacquer and gold leaf along His robe and surrounded by a German Silver bale that could be used to stand the figure stationary or hang as an amulet

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"Saturday Buddha" Protected by the Naga King Miniature Amulet Sagrada Corazon de Jesus y Maria con San Jeronimo y San Francisco The Cristo Negro of Esquipulas"Saturday Buddha Statue" Protected by the Naga King Approx. 1 1 2" tall The statue is a cast brass bronze figure. This pose represents a time during the sixth week after The Lord Buddha Siddhartha's Enlightenment, when the Naga King Mucalinda protected the meditating Buddha against heavy rainfall by making a shelter with his multi headed hood and lifting The Buddha above the flood waters by coiling it's body under Him. Naga, in Hinduism and Buddhism,