Hand of a Buddha

Medium

Fragment of a wooden sculpture

Dimensions

H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); L. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Culture & Period

Japan · Heian period (794–1185)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975

Accession Number

1975.268.152

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