Posted By: Anita Mui
Posted Date: Nov 18, 2009 (11:25 PM)
Dear Chet
I noticed that unalom on your female deity is a mirror image of unalom, did you flip the image?
I think that the carver use flipped unalom as a symbol of parasol or a chattra, an umbrella for the king, an umbrella symbolizing dignity. And it is on top of thick rectangular line which symbolized the throne chair.
The Chattra on top of throne is a symbol of Buddha. You may see this symbol on top of Atop a stupa, composed of a stone horizontally oriented disk on a vertical pole.
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IMO, to identify your female deity who she really is, she has symbol of Buddha in her hair bun.
There she is! "Prajnaparamita"....
Your piece is a newly creation of Prajnaparamita.
Have fun
Anita
