These were acquired by Ramesh at a Museum on one of his many trips to the Orient. He saw patrons who had purchased just one of these carefully walking with them. He thought they were costly because of the way they were being carried. When he saw that there were 18, he inquired about purchasing the whole set and turned over his American Express card expecting the price to be costly. They were not and he discovered that there is less and less desire to possess works such as these. Nonetheless, they were of great value if not of great cost. Depictions of Buddha, they tell a story.