Kanakamuni Buddha
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Object Details
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room (March 12, 2022 - ongoing)
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)
- Doorway to an Enlightened World: The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 19 to November 27, 2016)
- The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)
- Credit Line
- The Alice S. Kandell Collection
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- S2012.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Gilt copper alloy, partly cast and partly repoussé; traces of pigment, inserted blue turquoise urna; base sealed with copper plate incised with a double vajra; unopened with contents inside
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 58.4 × 35.6 × 21.6 cm (23 × 14 × 8 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Lhasa or Shigatse, Central, Tibet
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
- 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
- gilding
- repoussé
- painting (image-making)
- inlay (process)
- incising
- metal
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Tibet
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2012.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33837098d-977b-4013-9d95-e4220e9f520d
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