Figure

Unknown artist

Date: 18th century

Medium: Copper alloy with gilding

Dimensions: H. (figure) 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); H. (incl. base) 25 9/16 in. (65 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)

Classification: Sculpture

Culture: Sri Lanka, Kandy district

Period: Kandyan period

Themes: Buddha, Buddhism

Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Florence and Herbert Irving, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Anne H. Bass Gifts, 2010

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