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Gilded bronze standing Buddha with raised right hand and lowered left hand holding robe, on a black base against a gray background.

Buddha Offering Protection, gilded copper alloy statue

A gilded copper-alloy statue shows a standing Buddha with a topknot and serene face, right hand raised with palm outward in a gesture of reassurance, left hand lowered at his side holding the robe. The monastic robe falls in close, rippling pleats to bare feet on a black plinth against a plain gray background.

Artist
Unknown
Date
10th century
Medium
Copper alloy with gilding
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2978 × 3722 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1000).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · 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, Gift of Enid A. Haupt, 1993

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