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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4441687, member: 8267&quot;]The hole in the top of the Buddha&#039;s head probably held a flame shaped &quot;ushnisha&quot; - a bump on his head symbolizing his expanded wisdom. &quot;The flame-shaped <i>ushnisha</i> (a symbol of the Buddha&#039;s expanded knowledge) atop the Buddha&#039;s head is a distinctive south Indian feature that spread from India to Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), and Thailand.&quot; <a href="https://www.asiasocietymuseum.com/region_object.asp?RegionID=1&amp;CountryID=1&amp;ChapterID=7&amp;ObjectID=520" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiasocietymuseum.com/region_object.asp?RegionID=1&amp;CountryID=1&amp;ChapterID=7&amp;ObjectID=520" rel="nofollow">https://www.asiasocietymuseum.com/region_object.asp?RegionID=1&amp;CountryID=1&amp;ChapterID=7&amp;ObjectID=520</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/75414/170363/main-image" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/75414" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/75414" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/75414</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These two examples of 18th century Sri Lankan Buddhas were recently repatriated:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]381446[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.un.int/srilanka/news/new-york-district-attorney-returns-artifacts-18th-century-recovered-investigation-sri-lanka#:~:text=The%20Manhattan%20District%20Attorney%20Cyrus,Thursday%2C%2026th%20March%202021" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.un.int/srilanka/news/new-york-district-attorney-returns-artifacts-18th-century-recovered-investigation-sri-lanka#:~:text=The%20Manhattan%20District%20Attorney%20Cyrus,Thursday%2C%2026th%20March%202021" rel="nofollow">https://www.un.int/srilanka/news/new-york-district-attorney-returns-artifacts-18th-century-recovered-investigation-sri-lanka#:~:text=The Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus,Thursday, 26th March 2021</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wood on the bottom of your Buddha does not look old, to my eye. It looks like a relatively soft, porous wood that has had a coating applied.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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