Standing Buddha Offering Protection, Copper Alloy Sculpture

A gilt copper alloy statue shows a standing Buddha with his right hand raised, palm outward, in the gesture of protection, and his left hand lowered holding the edge of a flowing robe. Fine incised lines form folds across the body, and the head has a blue-tinted topknot, on a dark square base.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th–early 7th century

Medium

Copper alloy

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2733 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1969