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A light gray sandstone sculpture of a man sitting cross-legged on a wooden platform. He is wearing a robe and his hair is in a bun on top of his head. His left hand and right arm have been broken off.

Seated Buddha (probably Shakyamuni)

Chinese

Seated Buddha, both hands missing. From north wall of cave 21 at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province

Light gray sandstone with traces of polychromy; from north wall of Tianlongshan Cave 21, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Tang dynasty, 618-907

Sculpture