Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra / Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
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- Accession Number
- 1961/2.83
- Title
- Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- stucco relief with traces of polychromy
- Object Creation Date
- 100-399
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Afghanistan (nation)
- Hadda
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Afghanistan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Hadda
- Style/Group/Movement
- Buddhist
- Dimensions
- 26 cm x 24.5 cm x 9.5 cm (10 1/4 in. x 9 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 2nd-4th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- relief
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- narrative relief
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a stucco relief sculpture.
- Subject Matter
- The Buddha, seated in meditation, attended on his left by Indra, the king of the Brahmanical gods, and another figure damaged beyond recognition. Typically, the Brahmanical deity Brahma would have stood at Buddha's right side; together, Indra and Brahma worshipping the Buddha represent the capitulation of earlier faiths to Buddhism. This fragment would have originally decorated the wall of a stupa or shrine in a monastic compound.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 871 x 961
- File Size
- 63 KB
- Record
- 1961/2.83
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