Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas, Copper Alloy Sculpture

A dark bronze sculpture shows a central standing Buddha flanked by two slender attendant bodhisattvas, each with a tall crown and standing on a lotus base. The three figures rest on a shared rectangular plinth against a black background, with weathered, patinated surfaces.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the 8th century

Medium

Copper alloy

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3180 × 2385 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1984