Maitreya Buddha
CultureChinese
Dateca. 570-575 C.E.
MediumGilt bronze, covered with green corrosion
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 × 4 inches (19.37 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-135/29
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DescriptionMaitreya seated in European fashion, feet resting on lotus blossoms. Wears loose full robe. Right hand raised in abhaya gesture, left hand on knee.ProvenanceCelestin Liu;
Purchased from Celestin Liu by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, in 1931.
Matsubara Saburō 松原三郎, Chūgoku Bukkyō chōkoku shiron 中国仏教彫刻史論 (Tōkyō : Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, Heisei 7 1995), Plate Vol. III, 616a (repro.).
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