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Burmese Buddha Statues

Burmese Buddha Statues

The history of Myanmar art is very complex, its origins lying with the ancient ethnic groups that inhabited the region in pre-historic times and its development through the ages resulting from the movements and merging of these groups amongst themselves and with migrant groups from elsewhere.

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This website differs from other websites on Myanmar art or Burmese Art history in a number of ways. Firstly, the website focuses only on Buddhist art and Buddha images, especially artifacts from the Myanmar school of art. Secondly, the main aim of this website is to describe Myanmar's Buddhist art development in strict relation to the relevant history timeline; furthermore, artifacts are grouped in accordance with the name of the kingdom, the dynasty or the city where their distinctive style was found. Great care has also been taken to try to avoid causing possible confusion to the reader by analyzing the distinctive styles of each period very thoroughly and supporting this with authentic and relevant illustrations. Emphasis has been put on developments and the changing art styles of each period supported by sufficient historical evidence to be consistent with the statement "The Buddha images of each period were influenced by the social and political environment of the time".

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Buddhist art is a reflection of history and can tell us, indirectly, of events that have occurred through the ages and art in human form, like Buddha Images and Buddha Statues, is its language. A study of these can reveal the origins and development of the different art styles. As stated above, some changes are made here to previously accepted categorization of Myanmar art driven by the desire to link each artifact with the period during which it was made, better to highlight the distinct styles of each particular period and the artisans who developed them.

Myanmar art history can be divided into two periods, according to archeological evidence provided by Buddhist human-figured sculptures and supported by information available from other forms of art, these are:

  1. Pyu period Buddha statues
  2. Pagan – Bagan period Buddha statues
  3. Toungoo period Buddha statues
  4. Ava - Shan – Tai Yai Buddha statues
  5. Amapura period Buddha statues
  6. Mandalay period Buddha statues
  7. Rakhine Buddha statues
  8. Mon Buddha statues

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View our collection of Burmese Buddha statues

Antique marble Buddha statue

Antique marble Buddha statue

2,450 euro
Special antique bronze Burmese Buddha

Special antique bronze Burmese Buddha

Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

850 euro
Antique bronze Burmese Mandalay Buddha

Antique bronze Burmese Mandalay Buddha

2,250 euro
Antique bronze Crowned Buddha statue

Antique bronze Crowned Buddha statue

1,000 euro
Antique Burmese Buddha statue

Antique Burmese Buddha statue

5,500 euro
Antique bronze Mandalay Buddha statue

Antique bronze Mandalay Buddha statue

1,750 euro
Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

1,200 euro
Antique marble Burma Buddha

Antique marble Burma Buddha

900 euro
Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

850 euro
Antique Lotus Buddha

Antique Lotus Buddha

1,950 euro
Antique Mandalay Buddha

Antique Mandalay Buddha

3,250 euro
Old marble Buddha statue

Old marble Buddha statue

150 euro
Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

125 euro
Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

Antique wooden Shan Buddha statue

1,100 euro
Antique bronze Mandalay Buddha statue

Antique bronze Mandalay Buddha statue

1,600 euro
Antique Burmese Mandalay Buddha statue

Antique Burmese Mandalay Buddha statue

600 euro
Antique wooden Lotus Buddha statue

Antique wooden Lotus Buddha statue

125 euro
Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

150 euro
18th century Burmese Buddha statue

18th century Burmese Buddha statue

8,500 euro
Antique Burmese Shan Buddha statue

Antique Burmese Shan Buddha statue

1,650 euro
Special Burmese wooden Buddha statue

Special Burmese wooden Buddha statue

6,500 euro
Antique wooden Buddha statue

Antique wooden Buddha statue

100 euro
Antique wooden Mandalay Buddha

Antique wooden Mandalay Buddha

650 euro
Special antique bronze Shan Buddha statue

Special antique bronze Shan Buddha statue

4,250 euro
Antique marble Burmese Buddha statue

Antique marble Burmese Buddha statue

2,450 euro
Old wooden Burmese Shan Buddha statue

Old wooden Burmese Shan Buddha statue

100 euro
Large 18th century bronze Ava Buddha statue

Large 18th century bronze Ava Buddha statue

Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

Antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue

100 euro
Antique Burmese crowned Buddha statue

Antique Burmese crowned Buddha statue

2,650 euro
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