Handmade Gold Plated Stupa

18” stupa handmade in Nepal by master artist.Inner body copper and outer body full mercury gold plated by handmade process.This Gold gilded stupa represent peace and wellbeing of human being . The whole body of this Stupa statue has been gilded with Gold by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam Gold. This process of Gold gilding is known as Mercury Gold Gilding (पारा Pārā सुन Suna जलप Jalap), Fire Gilding, or Fire gold plating(In Nepal). Gold gilded by this process is very good for the copper statues, as the statue gilded by this process will retain the gold for very long time. Gold Gilded by this process is comparatively expensive to the modern electrochemical plating but due to it durability it is still a prefered choice for many collectors and practitioners alike.