Cleveland Museum of Art
The New-born Buddha
- Date
- 400s CE
- Medium
- gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise
- Culture
- China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This image of the newborn Buddha is rare and unusual. The common type represents him taking seven steps while proclaiming "I am supreme in the Universe." Here, he is represented as being bathed by the nine Nagas, with both hands down. The tang on the back of the Buddha's head shows that it originally had a halo.
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