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Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
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In this nearly three-meter-long handscroll, the Buddha sits with his right hand raised in the abhaya mudra, the gesture of reassurance. Unusually for multiple impressions of this type, color has been added.
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Shuofa qian fo
Title: Preaching Buddha
Period: early Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date: ca. 700
Culture: China
Medium: Wooblock print; ink on paper with added color
Dimensions: Image (b): 12 13/16 x 81 5/8 in. (32.5 x 207.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
Object Number: PI.003b
