Antique 18th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Buddha Figure. Wooden icon figures from this period are next to impossible to find. Floods, fires, and plundering have long since depleted these treasured objects. They were created for personal shrines and familial worship areas, many times in tombs. Reaching the Vairocana on an ancestor's behalf could help insure they're success in the afterlife. Karma points are also achieved. Interestingly, carved objects like this were not necessarily to be "read, viewed, or worshipped," oddly as it may sound. It is enough that they exist in this rhealm. Today, use them wherever you need a kind spirit. This special piece could raise the most blighted to absolute nirvana. Note: This figure rests on a linen covered museum quality stand. Approximate Dimensions: 14"H X 8"W X 3 3/4"D (width and depth are dimensions of the stand)