Buddha

late 17th–early 18th century (Joseon dynasty (1392–1910))

26.4 cm 42 cm 10 cm

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Buddhist sculptures and paintings are not merely works of art; they are sacred images that contain the presence of the divinities they depict. A sculpture or painting is transformed into the sacred receptacle for a divine being through consecration rituals that include an “eye...

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Yamanaka & Co., New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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