Historical Hemp Buddha, 6th Century

‘Historical Buddha Sculpture’, made from a wood and metal wire frame wrapped in hemp cloth soaked in lacquer with glass and traces of pigment and gilding on the coating.  China,  Sui or early Tang dynasty (late 6th or early 7th Read More …

Heavenly Hemp King Bust, 791A.D.

Ancient Heavenly King Bust (One of four Buddhist gods who watch over each of the cardinal directions of the world) found in Japan:  “This sculpture has been made by superimposing layers of soaked hemp lacquer: hemp can be woven ( lower Read More …

Burnt Offerings

“Say to them: These are the offerings by fire that you are to present to the LORD: As a regular burnt offering every day” — Numbers 28.3 Relief from Karnak Temple, Egypt   Burnt Offerings In the bible a term used Read More …

Canabis Protectio, 1390

Fontana di Nettuno (The Fountain of Neptune) by Giambologna, completed about 1567   CANABIS PROTECTIO In the piazza del nettuno, a city square in Bologna, Italy, history can be literally breathed into the soul. With foundations dating back to at Read More …