Buddha Offering Protection

Medium

Copper alloy with gilding

Dimensions

H. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm); Diam. of pedestal 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Culture & Period

Sri Lanka. western regions · Divided Kingdoms period

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Florence and Herbert Irving, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Anne H. Bass Gifts, 2010

Accession Number

2010.66a, b

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