#MetKidsFunFact: This Buddha is surprisingly light! ✨
Chinese artists made it by dipping strips of cloth in lacquer—a sticky tree sap that dries to form a hard, shiny surface—and then wrapping them around a clay sculpture. After the lacquer dried, they removed the clay inside, leaving this shell.
#DidYouKnow: The word Buddha means "person who is totally awake." Look carefully at this Buddha's face. 🔍
Notice his eyes. They may look closed, but they're actually just barely open. This is one way that Buddhist artists show us that the figure is meditating.
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🎨 唐 彩繪漆金夾紵阿彌陀佛像 [Buddha, Probably Amitabha (Amituofo)], early 7th century. China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Hollow dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigment and gilding.
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