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Painted wooden panel of a seated, crowned Buddha with golden halo and red arch on a black background, with decorative registers below.

Panel from a Buddhist Ritual Crown Depicting Vairocana

A painted wooden panel with a pointed top shows a seated, crowned Buddha in meditation pose, hands in the lap, framed by a red arch with a golden halo and rainbow-like rays. Below him are lotus-shaped and decorative registers in red, gold and white on a black ground. Distemper on wood, with flaking paint.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 13th–early 14th century
Medium
Distemper on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3002 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1334).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · 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, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1997

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