An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Architectural & Garden The year of 1844 saw

The year of 1844 saw the publication of Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit

He took refuge in England in July 1871 In his eight-year English exile

painted by Theodor Kern in the second quarter of the twentieth century

He remained in Chichester for over 10 years

An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Architectural & Garden The year of 1844 sawOrigin: Thailand Period: Mid 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 Width: 4. 5 Depth: 2 Height: 1. 75 The beautiful cast bronze hand fragment with traces of gilding, elegantly positioned in the Vitarka Mudra, a gesture symbolising the transmission of Buddhist teachings, the fingers gracefully curved, with the thumb and index finger forming a circle, while the remaining fingers extend outward and the whole surviving from the eighteenth century. The