figure
- Museum number
- 1872,0701.8
- Description
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Figure of the Buddha. Made of lacquered and gilded marble. Carved. The Buddha is seated in Bhumisparsa mudra, the gesture of enlightenment where the Buddha touches the ground, usually with his right hand.
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 43 centimetres
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Width: 25 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Chipped and worn with a broken finial.
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by John Bridge at the Stuart sale at Christie's in June, 1830. The collection was given to the British Museum in 1872 by Mrs John Bridge and his nieces, Miss Fanny Bridge and Mrs Edgar Baker, on the death that year of George Bridge, brother of John Bridge.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1872,0701.8
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 114 (Bridge Collection number (painted and on label with scrolling blue border))