Painted cloth showing a seated haloed Buddha in meditation pose, with two standing attendants and rows of small seated figures, above a red and white lotus border.

Amitayus, the Buddha of Eternal Life, distemper on cloth

A seated, haloed Buddha figure in meditation pose fills the center of this painted cloth, flanked by two standing attendants. Rows of smaller seated figures in red and green fill the upper background, and a lotus-petal border runs along the bottom edge.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 11th or early 12th century
Medium: Distemper on cloth
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2947 × 3944 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1134).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1989

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Amitayus, the Buddha of Eternal Life, distemper on cloth

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