An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus June in 1885 in England

June in 1885 in England saw the Niger River basin becoming a British protectorate and William Ewart Gladstone's Liberal government being defeated in a vote of no confidence with Robert Cecil

There is a small hairline to the drawer front as photographed

These were designed to indicate that the pharmacist concerned was well trained because he was able to mix his own medicines rather than just selling pre-mixed concoctions

united by an `H` stretcher

An 18thC Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Vitarka Mudra Hand Fragment sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus June in 1885 in EnglandOrigin: 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