Standing bronze Buddha statue with green-brown patina, hands raised in a teaching gesture, against a black background.

Buddha Preaching

A standing bronze figure of the Buddha, its dark green-brown patina showing corrosion, rests against a black background with arms bent and palms raised at chest height in a teaching gesture. He wears a long robe with a cinched waist, a curled topknot, a faint smile, and bare feet.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 8th century
Medium: Copper alloy inlaid with silver and glass or obsidian
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2856 × 3820 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1982

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Buddha Preaching

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