Carved Bone Pendant, Butterfly 2 Hindu Deity Lakshmi Brass Monk Atop Elephant Statue

Brass Monk Atop Elephant Statue

6" x 6" x 2 1/4"

Patina is a warm slightly metallic deep gold tone paint over wood

The name comes from Old French meaning “spotted or speckled

it was reported that there was an active community of Venetian glass makers from Murano setting up shop in Amsterdam

Carved Bone Pendant, Butterfly 2 Hindu Deity Lakshmi Brass Monk Atop Elephant StatueIn Traditional Thai and Chinese Folklore, Butterflies are believed to be vessels for departing souls, and that they carry souls away to higher and happier planes. They are seen by many as an expression of transcendance of both earthly pleasure and distress, bringing comfort to the loved ones of those formerly suffering. Many people find comfort when mourning death to equate their lost loved one, sometimes even death itself, with a Butterfly, which is