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Small gilt bronze seated Buddha with curled hair and a radiating halo on a rectangular base, against a gray background.

Seated Buddha, probably Shakyamuni (Shijiamouni)

A small gilt bronze figure of a seated Buddha with hair in tight curls and a flaming halo behind his head. He sits cross-legged on a tiered pedestal, hands resting in his lap, his robes falling in folds over the base. The rear of the gilding is worn and dark in places.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 4th–early 5th century
Medium
Gilt bronze; piece-mold cast
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3088 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 434).
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, Arthur M. Sackler Gift, 1974

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