Buddha

Sri Lanka, Kandy district artist · 18th century

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Ash
59% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Smoke
23% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Dark ochre
9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Bistre
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1

Umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1

Straw
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1

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Artist: Sri Lanka, Kandy district artist
Date: 18th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Copper alloy with gilding
Size: H. (figure) 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); H. (incl. base) 25 9/16 in. (65 cm) W. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
Place: Sri Lanka, Kandy district
Period: 17th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 56, colourfulness 7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund; Florence and Herbert Irving, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Anne H. Bass Gifts, 2010. 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

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