Seated Buddha

An inscription on the back of this sculpture identifies this as the earliest dated Buddha from China.

Seated Buddha, 338 C.E. (Later Zhao dynasty, Hebei province, China), gilt-bronze, 40 x 24.1 x 13.3 cm (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco). Video from the Asian Art Museum.

Title Seated Buddha
Artist(s) Unrecorded artist
Dates 338 C.E.
Places Asia / East Asia / China
Period, Culture, Style Sixteen Kingdoms
Artwork Type Sculpture
Material Bronze, Gold
Technique Casting , Gilding

Cite this page as: Asian Art Museum, "Seated Buddha," in Smarthistory, January 29, 2016, accessed February 21, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/seated-buddha/.