"pretty happy looking Buddha" :-) love that comment :-) Great video. Thank you for sharing your observations, hard to overestimate advice for any Asian art lover.
It shouldn't be, you might need to check your bandwidth and Wi-Fi reception. When it's fully loaded you should have very close to HD. Both on the catalog's themselves and the video...I'm sorry you're having trouble with it. Best Peter
The 'Budai' refered to here as 'Buddha' isn't a 'buddha' as such, though an enlightened being; he's more properly understood as a secondary Chinese deity of prosperity, also Hotei or Pu-tai. The buddha was a slim to scrawny ascetic; whenever a laughing corpulent figure is labeled 'Buddha', it's really Hotei or Budai. There are other major forms of 'Buddha' -- Vairocana, Amida, Maitreya, Gautama -- but Hotei isn't one of them. This is rudimentary knowledge.
I think if you check a bit you'll find the Budai (laughing monk with a bag, aka Hotei Buddha in Japan) was viewed by many as the incarnation of the Maitreya Buddha or the future Buddha. The Budai was the only one based on a living person from the 10th C. unlike the others who were all originated in mythology. I will watch my pronunciation however to avoid confusion..Best Peter
Hi Peter,
I really enjoy listening to you describe each piece. It is great to see how passionate you are and your level of knowledge!
Best,
Aaron
"pretty happy looking Buddha" :-) love that comment :-)
Great video. Thank you for sharing your observations, hard to overestimate advice for any Asian art lover.
I have also here a jade guanyin planing to sell
Catalog text out of focus as is estimated value. Very frustrating. Thanks any way, Paul V /Thailand
It shouldn't be, you might need to check your bandwidth and Wi-Fi reception. When it's fully loaded you should have very close to HD. Both on the catalog's themselves and the video...I'm sorry you're having trouble with it. Best Peter
The 'Budai' refered to here as 'Buddha' isn't a 'buddha' as such, though an enlightened being; he's more properly understood as a secondary Chinese deity of prosperity, also Hotei or Pu-tai. The buddha was a slim to scrawny ascetic; whenever a laughing corpulent figure is labeled 'Buddha', it's really Hotei or Budai. There are other major forms of 'Buddha' -- Vairocana, Amida, Maitreya, Gautama -- but Hotei isn't one of them. This is rudimentary knowledge.
I think if you check a bit you'll find the Budai (laughing monk with a bag, aka Hotei Buddha in Japan) was viewed by many as the incarnation of the Maitreya Buddha or the future Buddha. The Budai was the only one based on a living person from the 10th C. unlike the others who were all originated in mythology. I will watch my pronunciation however to avoid confusion..Best Peter