Image: Stoneware figure of Budai, Ming Dynasty, 15th century CE, from China. The British Museum
Size of this preview: 400 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 160 × 240 pixels | 4,016 × 6,016 pixels.
Original image (4,016 × 6,016 pixels, file size: 15.42 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description: Stoneware figure of Budai, the fat smiling monk (under green and ochre glazes), an incarnation of the Future Buddha, the Buddha who will follow Shakyamuni. From Henan province, the People's Republic of China. Ming Dynasty, 20th year of Chenghua (1486 CE). On display at the British Museum in London.
Title: Stoneware figure of Budai, Ming Dynasty, 15th century CE, from China. The British Museum
Credit: Own work
Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Attribution Required?: Yes
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.