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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 391413, member: 2844"]Yes, if you google antique bronze Buddha, you see mostly fakes. They are now starting to surpass the Chinese in the sheer number fake Chinese porcelain antiques, often better quality than the Chinese fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know. I have a small genuine Sukhothai Buddha head which has been in our family for several generations. When a Thai friend saw it, she was shocked. Afterward I hid it every time she came to the house, so as not to upset her. She never asked about it.</p><p>Of course the Buddha would never have endorsed any belief like that, but religions lead their own lives, separate from their originators. Culture directs the path.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 391413, member: 2844"]Yes, if you google antique bronze Buddha, you see mostly fakes. They are now starting to surpass the Chinese in the sheer number fake Chinese porcelain antiques, often better quality than the Chinese fakes. I know. I have a small genuine Sukhothai Buddha head which has been in our family for several generations. When a Thai friend saw it, she was shocked. Afterward I hid it every time she came to the house, so as not to upset her. She never asked about it. Of course the Buddha would never have endorsed any belief like that, but religions lead their own lives, separate from their originators. Culture directs the path.[/QUOTE]
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