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Standing Buddha

591

Northern India, Uttar Pradesh

Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 46.5 x 15.4 x 13.4 cm (18 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.); without base: 35 x 13.8 x 10.5 cm (13 3/4 x 5 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Weight: 10.65 lbs (4.82 kg)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1968.40
Public Domain
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Location
243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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Around the time when this sculpture was made, portable bronzes began to replace relics as the principal sacred commodity circulating in the Buddhist world.

Description

This bronze Buddha is exceptional, because it carries an inscription on its base that dates its manufacture to the year 591. According to the inscription, the sculpture was dedicated by a nun who was from a village in Nepal, but she probably commissioned it at a workshop in northern India.

The Buddha's robe on this image has been left plain, without pleat lines to obscure the beauty of the contours of the body. Only the rippling scalloped clusters of the garment’s hem lend some sense of energy and subtle ornament to the composition.
A small bronze sculpture depicts a figure standing atop a base with inscriptions. The figure has short hair with circular curls and is wearing a long robe over their back. Their right hand is raised with their palm facing us and their left arm is slightly bent, lower than their right arm.

Standing Buddha

591

Northern India, Uttar Pradesh

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