Statue of Seated Vairochana, East Temple, Level 5 (Bumpa) of the Gyantse Kumbum

View from below of upper body of monumental golden Buddha before densely wrought open nimbus

Statue of Seated Vairochana, East Temple, Level 5 (Bumpa) of the Gyantse Kumbum

Location
Gyantse Kumbum, Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China)
Date
ca. 1427–1440
Material
gilded copper
Photo Credit
photograph by Shengnan Dong, 2021

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