The Buddha ("Awakened One")
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Object Details
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)
- Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (November 19, 1992 to July 9, 2017)
- Credit Line
- Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- S1997.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Gilded copper with pigment
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 45 x 34 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Central Tibet
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 22a: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- Buddhism
- enlightenment
- Tibet
- Gautama Buddha
- bhumisparsha mudra
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1997.28
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3050e3ce6-8cc5-47f5-b50a-ac5dd26243ff
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