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尺寸：H. 33 11/16 in. (85.5 cm); W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm); D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
年代：5世纪晚期
质地：红砂岩(Red sandstone)
风格：印度 笈多 马图拉
来源：纽约大都会博物馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
Standing Buddha Offering Protection
late 5th century
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)

This Buddha image embodies the qualities of radiant inner calm and stillness, the products of supreme wisdom. The figure once raised his right hand (now missing) in the characteristic abhaya-mudra, a gesture dispelling fear and imparting reassurance. The Buddha is robed in the simple, uncut cloth of a monk, and his religiosity is further conveyed by a large halo and auspicious markings (lakshanas), both natural and supernatural, denoting Buddhahood (the state of perfect enlightenment), As the summation of stylistic development in a period of Buddhist expansion, this representation became the benchmark for the Buddha image throughout Asia.