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Standing Buddha
This kind of Buddha figurine is based on Indian models and was widely distributed in Southeast Asia, from Thailand to Indonesia. With his right hand, the Buddha is making the vitarka mudra, the gesture of teaching. The halo behind his head may be a later addition.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/12H13(BUDDHA)
- Buddha
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.600 - c.800
Place-Time
- 7th century
- 8th century
Places
- Zuid-Sumatra
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.103502
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.2071
- AK-MAK-196
Extent
- height 20.0 cm
- width 5.5 cm
- depth 4.9 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: Zuidoost-Azië, maritiem (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:02:10.385Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:36.476Z