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Gilt bronze standing Buddha with raised right hand and extended left hand, wearing flowing layered robes, on a lotus pedestal against a gray background.

Buddha Maitreya (Mile)

A standing gilt bronze figure of a Buddha with a topknot, elongated earlobes, and a serene expression, wearing a long robe with layered, rippling folds that falls to bare feet on a lotus base. The right hand is raised in a gesture of reassurance and the left is extended outward, with the surface showing dark patina beneath the gilding.

Artist
Unknown
Date
dated 486 (10th year of Taihe reign)
Medium
Gilt bronze with traces of pigment; piece-mold cast
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3001 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 486).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1926

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