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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Naga-Enthroned Buddha
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Naga-Enthroned Buddha

Maker Thai
DateBayon period, 12th-13th Century
Made/manufacturedThailand, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions14 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (35.6 x 12.1 x 7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment
Object number2001.7
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DescriptionA sculpture cast in two parts, one being the seated bronze Buddha, deep in meditation, the other the seven-headed Naga snakes shielding surrounding Buddha’s head like a halo.
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Indian, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Late 1st - early 2nd century
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Unknown Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳,
Early 20th century
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Thai
15th-16th Century
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China
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 1770
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China
Song Dynasty (960-1279), 11th-12th Century
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China
18th-19th Century
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Gandharan
4th-5th Century
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Seated Guanyin 青銅觀音坐像
China
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-16th Century
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Albert Seba
1734-1755