Statue
40-35-3
From: China | Henan | Longmen Caves
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 40-35-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | China | Henan | Longmen Caves |
| Period | Wei Dynasty |
| Date Made | 512 CE |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Iconography | Maitreya | Buddha | Abhaya Mudra |
| Description | A dedicatory inscription nearby this Buddha statue gave a date corresponding to 512 CE. The Buddha is Maitreya--the compassionate one, the Buddha who is to come. The right hand is raised in the abhaya mudra, the gesture of compassion. |
| Height | 61 cm |
| Width | 32 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Yamanaka & Company, 1940 |
| Other Number | 01004 - Cast Number | 38-47 - Other Number | 339 - Other Number |
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