Seated Buddha Mucalinda
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
Some accounts of the life of the Buddha tell of a serpent king, named Muchalinda, who witnessed Shakyamuni’s meditation and recognized its importance. When a storm came, the snake coiled himself to serve as a throne for the Buddha and spread his multiple cobra hoods to serve as a canopy. This episode was very popular in the Khmer domains of Cambodia and Thailand.
MEDIUM
Bronze with traces of gilding
DATES
late 12th–13th–century
DIMENSIONS
11 x 5 x 2 3/4in. (27.9 x 12.7 x 7cm)
mount (with object): 11 1/4 × 5 × 3 in. (28.6 × 12.7 × 7.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1995.180.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
CAPTION
Seated Buddha Mucalinda, late 12th–13th–century. Bronze with traces of gilding, 11 x 5 x 2 3/4in. (27.9 x 12.7 x 7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, 1995.180.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.180.2_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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