Buddha Shakyamuni
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Buddha Shakyamuni
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Published 2019-05-02T11:04:08+00:00
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This Buddha has an ornate halo decorated with flowers and an inner ring of lotus petals. Traces of paint show that the figure was once brightly coloured (not shown in this scan). The style of the decoration and drapery suggests that the figure probably came from the cave temple complex at Xiangtangshan in Northern China. These features, together with the delicately carved, rounded face, show a masterful Chinese interpretation of the Indian Gupta dynasty style.
Possibly from Xiangtangshan, Hebei Province, North China.
Technical Information
| Date published | 02/05/2019 |
| Complexity | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Buddha Shakyamuni |
| Date | 550 - 577 AD |
| Dimension | Height: 119 cm, Width: 58 cm, Depth: 30 cm, Weight: 290 kg |
| Accession | A.4-1924 |
| Period | Northern Qi Dynasty |
| Medium | Limestone with traves of gesso, paint and gilding |
| Credit | Purchased with help from the Art Fund and private donors |
| Record | http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O130220/buddha-figure-of-buddha-unknown/ |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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