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Buddha

18th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 242
This work represents Kandyan-period Buddha imagery at its finest. The figure’s physique is robust, and the full face lacks the softness of features found in lesser works of the period. Auspicious marks (lakshana) appear here, and the lowered left arm is a convention that persisted throughout the later Kandyan period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Buddha
  • Period: Kandyan period
  • Date: 18th century
  • Culture: Sri Lanka, Kandy district
  • Medium: Copper alloy with gilding
  • Dimensions: H. (figure) 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); H. (incl. base) 25 9/16 in. (65 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Florence and Herbert Irving, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Anne H. Bass Gifts, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.68a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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