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Statue of the Budda Amida (© V&A Picture Library)
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© V&A Picture Library

Statue of the Budda Amida

Artist: Artist not known

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 618 - 906

Materials: limestone

Dimensions: 127 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £162 (Total: £1,242)

Review number: 463 (1924)

Provenance:
Not given

Description:
T'ang dynasty. Carved from single block of grey limestone. Paint over gesso (red, green, yellow, blue). Closely related to that in the Freer collection, Washington and in the Peters collection, New York.

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