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Gilt bronze Buddha
Gilt bronze Buddha
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1067
Title
Gilt bronze Buddha, seated on lion flanked throne5th century AD
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Gilt bronze Buddha
Record number
BATEA : 1063
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figure
Classified name
metal; bronze; figure; Buddhist; animal; Wei; China; Buddhism; religion; lion; throne; Buddha;
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A gilt bronze Buddha simply modelled wearing robes falling in soft folds. His hands are resting on his lap. The figure is seated on a rectangular throne moulded in shallow relief with two frontally facing lions. The gilding is rubbed exposing an olive-brown surface with some patches of red and green encrustations.
Description material
bronze
Description condition
gilding severely rubbed;The object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2014
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olive-brown
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8.7 cm;
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5th century AD
Production period
Six dynasties
Production place
China
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