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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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Statue of the Budda Amida, 618–906
Date supported
1924
Medium and material
Limestone
Dimensions
127 cm
Grant
162
Total cost
1242
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