Enthroned Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas, Bronze

A dark green bronze triad shows a seated Buddha at center, hands raised in a teaching gesture, flanked by two smaller seated bodhisattvas on lower thrones. Each figure sits within a flaming-edged mandorla beneath a tiered parasol finial, all on a stepped pedestal. The patina and crisp detailing suggest a Javanese casting.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the 10th century

Medium

Bronze

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2364 × 2910 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2004