Title: Buddha offering protection
Object type: Figure
Date: 5th century CE
Culture: India, unknown provenance in the Deccan, likely Andhra Pradesh
Period: Visnukundin
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 16 in. (40.6 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, The Chinese Porcelain Company Gift, 1998
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Later Andhra, term: Buddhism, term: Buddha, term: Shakyamuni