Jakki wrote:
yes indeed ...! One of those might be Very Nice to Own .. Even impressive .. ! ,Over the years have collected a few smaller bronze Statues of Shiva Dancing dancing .. Just got lucky , in my wandering through old antique shops and swapmeets . But to me they are irreplaceable . My two foot tall , gold paint with sealer,over the paint of a Buddha sitting Statue . Originally made of Fiberglass,Has rated a partially stone brick Shinto shrine . With little roof ,In my Patio area . With a couple of hanging "solar powered"antique appearing lanterns hanging on each side of it . Kinda making a little "meditation area" . Took years to get it finally all put together . And make it presentable .
Was made in honor of a Friend in Japan . Whose mother passed some years ago .
If i can manage instruction from Auntblabby , might try to post a twilight pikky of it.
Those Shiva and Buddha statues sound very cool!
I myself have all 7 of the Shichifukujin (7 Gods of Luck) on my shelf. They were given to me by my late grandparents who bought them when they used to live in Japan many years ago. They're actually very old antiques and probably worth some money. And i have a cool little shinto gate too.
I'll have to dig out a picture of them when i have time.