figure
- Museum number
- 1887,0717.54
- Description
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A small sandstone figure of the Buddha seated in meditation under a torana (gateway)
- Production date
- 2ndC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Width: 13.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Zwalf 1985
Seated in meditation, left hand over right in his lap, in a variety of the early Indian gateway (‘toraṇa’), the Buddha is entirely wrapped in his robes, their folds indicated by summary incisions. The later cranial bump (‘uṣṇīṣa’) is an almost indistinguishable bun under hair also shown incised. This treatment is influenced by Gandhara, but the halo with its scalloped decoration is purely Mathurā.
- Location
- On display (G33/dc51b/s3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1985, BM, 'Buddhism: Art and Faith'
1994, Kyoto National Museum, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
1994, Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1887,0717.54