Title: Buddha Offering Protection
Object type: Figure
Date: late 6th–early 7th century
Culture: India (probably Bihar)
Period: Gupta period
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); W. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); D. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1969
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Post-Gupta, term: Buddhism, term: Buddha