Buddha
India, Andhra Pradesh artist · 3rd century CE
Palette
Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How
Details
- Artist
- India, Andhra Pradesh artist
- Date
- 3rd century CE
- Type
- Decorative arts & sculpture
- Medium
- Limestone
- Size
- H. 30 in. (76.2 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
- Place
- India, Andhra Pradesh
- Main colour
- Black · lightness 31, colourfulness 3
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Fernando Family Trust Gift, in honor of Dr. Quintus and Mrs. Wimala Fernando; Vijay K. Anand, M.D., Nanda Anand, Maya Anand, and Rohit Anand, and The Estate of Mamdouha Bobst Gifts, 2016. Museum record.
Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0.
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