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Related Timeline(s)

• • Central and North Asia, 1600–1800 A.D.

Related Index Terms

Material and Technique

• • Metalwork, Gilt Bronze
• • Sculpture, In the Round, Central and North Asia

Object

• • Religious Art, Buddhism, Sculpture in the Round

Subject Matter/Theme

• • Religious Art, Buddhism

Technical Glossary

• • Bronze
• • gilding

"Seated Buddha Amitayus [Mongolia] (1992.193.1)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/nc/ho_1992.193.1.htm (October 2006)

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Seated Amitayus, 17th–18th century
Mongolia
Gilt bronze; H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Gift of The Kronos Collection, 1992 (1992.193.1)