Buddha Attended by Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya

Sumatra or southern Thailand artist · second half of the 8th century

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Lamp black
74% of the image
Black · text contrast 21.0:1

Soot
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.8:1

Graphite
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.5:1

Iron
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1

Smoke
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Warm grey
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

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Artist: Sumatra or southern Thailand artist
Date: second half of the 8th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Copper alloy
Size: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Place: Sumatra or southern Thailand
Period: 8th century
Main colour: Black · lightness 8, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1984. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Buddha Attended by Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya

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