1-234-631 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Gilt bronze Buddha seated on a lion-flanked throne, Six Dynasties period, China, 5th century AD. A gilt bronze Buddha simply modelled wearing robes falling in soft folds. His hands are resting on his lap. The figure is seated on a rectangular throne moulded in shallow relief with two frontally facing lions. The gilding is rubbed exposing an olive-brown surface with some patches of red and green encrustations.