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Gilt brass seated Buddha statue with blue topknot, crossed legs, and right hand reaching toward the ground, against a gray background.

Buddha Shakyamuni

A gilt brass sculpture shows a seated Buddha in meditation posture, legs crossed, right hand touching the earth and left hand resting in his lap. He wears a blue-pigmented topknot and a jeweled crown, with elongated earlobes and a plain shoulder cord. The surface shows wear and patches of darker metal.

Artist
Unknown
Date
12th century
Medium
Brass with colored pigments
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3167 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1200).
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, Zimmerman Family Collection, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Oscar L. Tang, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang and Annette de la Renta Gifts, 2012

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